Defibrillation testing: Should the paradigm shift?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 988-989

  Estes III, N A Mark ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation testing; implantable defibrillators; sudden death

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84865800907     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.05.016     Document Type: Editorial

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