Efficacy of intrathoracic impedance and remote monitoring in patients with an implantable device after the 2011 great east Japan earthquake

International Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-57

  Suzuki, Hitoshi ^a   Yamada, Shinya ^a   Kamiyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takeishi, Yasuchika ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic heart failure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR;

EID: 84893564703     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.13-215     Document Type: Article

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