Left ventricular mechanical assist devices and cardiac device interactions: An observational case series

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 879-887

  Foo, David ^a   Walker, Bruce D ^b   Kuchar, Dennis L ^b   Thorburn, Charles W ^b   Tay, Andre ^b   Hayward, Christopher S ^b   MacDonald, Peter ^b   Keogh, Anne ^b   Kotlyar, Eugene ^b   Spratt, Philip ^b   Jansz, Paul ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac devices; Electromagnetic interference; Mechanical assist devices; Pacing; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASSIST DEVICE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; R WAVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650660320     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02403.x     Document Type: Article

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