Canadian registry of ICD implant testing procedures (CREDIT): Current practice, risks, and costs of intraoperative defibrillation testing

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 177-182

  Healey, Jeff S ^a   Dorian, Paul ^b   Mitchell, L Brent ^c   Talajic, Mario ^d   Philippon, Francois ^e   Simpson, Chris ^f   Yee, Raymond ^g   Morillo, Carlos A ^a   Lamy, Andre ^a   Basta, Magdy ^h   Birnie, David H ⁱ   Wang, Xiaoyin ^a   Nair, Girish M ^a   Crystal, Eugene ^j   Kerr, Charles R ^k   Connolly, Stuart J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Complications; Cost effectiveness; Defibrillation testing; Heart failure; Implantable defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; STROKE; WOUND HEMORRHAGE; WOUND INFECTION; CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CANADA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 75749150179     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2009.01616.x     Document Type: Article

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