Urgent implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation by unconventional means

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 941-945

  Beets, Michael Thomas ^a   Forringer, Edward ^b  

^a Hospice of East Texas   (United States)

^b LETOURNEAU UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; deactivation; defibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; magnets

Indexed keywords

PROPRANOLOL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY CARE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; MORTALITY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SOMNOLENCE; TERMINAL CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

AGED; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PROPRANOLOL; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 82755193800     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.02.025     Document Type: Article

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