Utility of postoperative testing of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 186-192

  Sauer, William H ^a   Lowery, Christopher M ^a   Bargas, Royce L ^a   Schuller, Joseph L ^a   Stees, Christoper S ^a   Aleong, Ryan G ^a   Varosy, Paul D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillator threshold testing; implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; COLORADO; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79951483190     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02917.x     Document Type: Article

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