The psychological impact of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recalls and the durable positive effects of counseling

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1012-1016

  Fisher, John D ^a,b   Koulogiannis, Konstantinos P ^a   Lewallen, Linda ^a   Katz, Daniel ^a   Kim, Soo G ^a   Ferrick, Kevin J ^a   Gross, Jay N ^a   Krumerman, Andrew K ^a   Johnston, Debra R ^a   Mercaldi, Bridget C ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alerts; Counseling; Defibrillator; ICD; Psychological impact; Recalls

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MALE; PARAMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; RECALL; THERAPY EFFECT;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DISCLOSURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68349131210     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02433.x     Document Type: Article

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