Deaths associated with implantable cardioverter defibrillator failure and deactivation reported in the United States Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 399-405

  Hauser, Robert G ^a   Kallinen, Linda ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Death; Electromagnetic interference; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Malfunction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ELECTRIC ACCIDENT; FATALITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

DATABASES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 7744221160     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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