Modern Device Technologies

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 21, Issue 6-7, 2012, Pages 320-327

  Crozier, Ian ^a,b   Smith, Warren ^a,b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Cardiac contraction modulation; Devices; Heart failure monitors; Leadless cardiac pacing; Left atrial closure; Subcutaneous defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DABIGATRAN; RIVAROXABAN; WARFARIN;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CARDIAC CONTRACTION MODULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; DEVICE THERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEADLESS CARDIAC PACING; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE CLOSURE DEVICE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STROKE; SUBCUTANEOUS DEFIBRILLATOR; THERAPY EFFECT;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY DEVICES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84862222829     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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