Increased defibrillator charge time following direct trauma to an ICD generator: Blunt consequences

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1587-1590

  Hai, Afroz A ^a   Kalinchak, David M ^b   Schoenfeld, Mark H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Blunt trauma to ICD; ICD malfunction; Increased capacitor charge time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACERATION; MALE; R WAVE; TELEMETRY; THORAX INJURY;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 70449732206     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02541.x     Document Type: Article

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