A Plea for Delivery of High-Voltage Shocks During Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Replacement or System Upgrade

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 611.e5-611.e6

  Sticherling, Christian ^a   Schaer, Beat ^a   Kühne, Michael ^a   Osswald, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUTERIZATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; SYNCOPE; T WAVE;

EID: 84866344503     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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