Uncovering phantom shocks in cardiac patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 673-683

  Bilanovic, Ana ^a   Irvine, Jane ^a,b   Kovacs, Adrienne H ^b   Hill, Ann ^b   Cameron, Doug ^b   Katz, Joel ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; ICD; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; phantom shocks; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CARDIAC ANXIETY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHANTOM SHOCK; PHENOMENOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHOCK; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 84878604698     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12116     Document Type: Article

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