Fatal outcome in a pacemaker-dependent patient

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-553

  Undavia, Manish ^a   Fischer, Avi ^a   Mehta, Davendra ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Device malfunction; Implantable defibrillator; Pacemaker dependency; Sprint Fidelis recall

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEFIBRILLATOR; FATALITY; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 63049117133     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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