The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: Should patients want one?

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-22

  Hauser, Robert G ^a  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

implantable cardioverter defibrillator; regulation; sudden cardiac death

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEFIBRILLATION; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; TRANSVENOUS IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 84872028198     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.07.069     Document Type: Review

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