Statistics on the use of cardiac electronic devices and electrophysiological procedures in 55 ESC countries: 2013 report from the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA)

Europace

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages i1-i78

  Arribas, Fernando ^a   Auricchio, Angelo ^a   Boriani, Giuseppe ^a   Brugada, Josep ^a   Deharo, Jean Claud ^a   Hindriks, Gerhardt ^a   Kuck, Karl Heinz ^a   Merino, Jose Luis ^a   Vardas, Panos ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Zeppenfeld, Katja ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC EQUIPMENT; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CATHETER ABLATION; CERTIFICATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; EUROPEAN UNION; EVOLUTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; IMPLANTABLE PULSE GENERATOR; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER ELECTRODE; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEART FUNCTION TEST; REIMBURSEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EUROPE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 84921263738     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euu049     Document Type: Article

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