Making post-mortem implantable cardioverter defibrillator explantation safe

Europace

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1317-1322

  Räder, Sune B E W ^a   Zeijlemaker, Volkert ^b   Pehrson, Steen ^a   Svendsen, Jesper H ^a,c,d  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d DANISH NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Explantation; Gloves; ICD; Resuscitation; Safety

Indexed keywords

LATEX; NEOPRENE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPLANT; OSCILLOSCOPE; PLASTIC GLOVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RUBBER GLOVE; SAFETY;

AUTOPSY; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS;

EID: 70349488036     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup249     Document Type: Article

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