Increased defibrillator therapies during influenza season in patients without influenza vaccines

Journal of Arrhythmia

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 210-214

  Singh, Sheldon M ^a   De Souza, Russell J ^b,c   Kumareswaran, Ramanan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Implantable cardiac defibrillators; Influenza; Preventive vaccination; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938749178     PISSN: 18804276     EISSN: 18832148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joa.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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