Varying implantable cardioverter defibrillator referral patterns from implanting and non-implanting hospitals

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1048-1051

  Scott, Paul A ^a,b   Turner, Nicholas G ^a,b   Chungh, Aman ^a   Morgan, John M ^a,b   Roberts, Paul R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Implantable cardioverter defibrillators; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGIONAL MEDICAL PROGRAMS;

EID: 68649098526     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup145     Document Type: Article

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