Clinical Inferences of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Analysis at Autopsy

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1255-1264

  Sinha, Sunil K ^a   Crain, Barbara ^a   Flickinger, Katie ^a   Calkins, Hugh ^a   Rickard, John ^b   Cheng, Alan ^a   Berger, Ronald ^a   Tomaselli, Gordon ^a   Marine, Joseph E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillator; nonsudden death; pacemaker; post mortem; sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; AUTOPSY; CARDIAC IMPLANT; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC BATTERY; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART PERFORATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARYLAND; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SUDDEN DEATH; TACHYCARDIA; TECHNICAL ANALYSIS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84994839937     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.06.052     Document Type: Article

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