Posttraumatic stress and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patient what the electrophysiologist needs to know

Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 242-250

  Sears, Samuel F ^a,b   Hauf, Jessica D ^a   Kirian, Kari ^a   Hazelton, Garrett ^a   Conti, Jamie B ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYCLOSERINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART REHABILITATION; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHOCK; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958774170     PISSN: 19413149     EISSN: 19413084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.957670     Document Type: Article

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