Utilization of a national network for rapid response to the Medtronic Fidelis lead advisory: The Canadian Heart Rhythm Society Device Advisory Committee

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 474-477

  Krahn, Andrew D ^a   Simpson, Christopher S ^a   Parkash, Ratika ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Champagne, Jean ^a   Healey, Jeffrey S ^a   Cameron, Doug ^a   Thibault, Bernard ^a   Mangat, Iqwal ^a   Tung, Stanley ^a   Sterns, Laurence ^a   Birnie, David H ^a   Exner, Derek V ^a   Sivakumaran, Soori ^a   Davies, Ted ^a   Coutu, Benoit ^a   Crystal, Eugene ^a   Wolfe, Kevin ^a   Verma, Atul ^a   Stephenson, Elizabeth A ^a   Sanatani, Shubhayan ^a   Gow, Robert ^a   Connors, Sean ^a   Paredes, Felix Ayala ^a   Turabian, Michael ^a   Kus, Teresa ^a   Gardner, Martin ^a   Essebag, Vidal ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

Advisory; Implantable defibrillator; Lead; Network; Pacemaker; Recall

Indexed keywords

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEART RHYTHM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CANADA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 62549149010     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.01.012     Document Type: Article

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