Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: What a hospital practitioner needs to know

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 591-597

  Albouaini, K ^a   Mudawi, T ^a   Pyatt, J R ^a   Wright, D J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ICD; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 70349299835     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2009.06.006     Document Type: Review

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