Current state of knowledge and experts' perspective on the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-88

  Santini, Massimo ^a   Cappato, Riccardo ^b   Andresen, Dietrich ^c   Brachmann, Johannes ^d   Davies, D Wyn ^e   Cleland, John ^f   Filippi, Alessandro ^g   Gronda, Edoardo ^h   Hauer, Richard ⁱ   Steinbeck, Gerhard ^j   Steinhaus, David ^k  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c VIVANTES KLINIKUM AM URBAN   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM COBURG   (Germany)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^g Italian College of General Practitioners   (Italy)

^h HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^j LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k Cardiovascular Consultants Inc   (United States)

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Author keywords

ICD; Subcutaneous ICD; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART ARREST; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT INDICATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 64449084232     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-008-9360-9     Document Type: Article

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