Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator utilization

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 448-

  Camm, John ^a   Nisam, Seah ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Boston Scientific Corporation   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; EUROPE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRODUCT RECALLS AND WITHDRAWALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952149038     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eur009     Document Type: Letter

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