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- Title
Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: Patient Selection and Implantation Protocol.
- Authors
Reid, Philip R.; Griffith, Lawrence S. C.; Mower, Morton M.; Platia, Edward V.; Watkins Jr., Levi; Juanteguy, Juan; Mirowski, M.
- Abstract
The experience obtained from the clinical trials with the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator have reemphasized the need for a detailed pathophysiologic evaluation of the patient preoperatively. This evaluation requires careful documentation of the probable cause of the ventricular tachyarrhythmia and evaluation of other surgical needs of the patient, as well as consideration of the interactive effects of pacemakers and concurrent pharmacologic therapy postoperatively.
- Subjects
IMPLANTABLE cardioverter-defibrillators; VENTRICULAR tachycardia; IMPLANTED cardiovascular instruments; DEFIBRILLATORS; CARDIAC pacemakers; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Pacing & Clinical Electrophysiology, 1984, Vol 7, Issue 6, p1338
- ISSN
0147-8389
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-8159.1984.tb05705.x