Decision making at the time of ICD generator change: Patients' perspectives

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1508-1511

  Lewis, Krystina B ^a,b   Nery, Pablo B ^b   Birnie, David H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY IMAGE; DEVICE MAINTENANCE; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR GENERATOR; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; KNOWLEDGE; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE REPLACEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; POWER SUPPLY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84907009885     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.3435     Document Type: Letter

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