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Implantable defibrillator

Known as: Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Defibrillator, Implantable, Defibrillators, Implantable 
A small device used to correct a heartbeat that is abnormal (too fast, too slow, or irregular). The device is placed by surgery in the chest or… 
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DefibrillatorsHeart, Artificial
Electric CountershockImplantation procedureMicrobiologicalPacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Sacral nerve stimulation for voiding dysfunction: One institution's 11‐year experience
The purpose of this study was to review our institution's 11‐year experience with SNS for the treatment of refractory voiding… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Saving Office Practice
This editorial is about the office practice of adult medicine. Office practice has been hurting for at least a decade. Medical… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Prognosis determination in heart failure.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Anxiety in patients with an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: what differentiates them from panic patients?
OBJECTIVE Anxiety seems to be a frequent problem in patients with an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD… 
Review
1995
Review
1995
The proarrhythmic potential of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is remarkably effective in preventing sudden cardiac death in high-risk patients… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Results of the international study of the implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. A comparison of epicardial and endocardial lead systems. The Pacemaker-Cardioverter-Defibrillator…
BACKGROUND The purpose of the present report was to document clinical experience derived from the implantation of 2834 epicardial… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Shock Occurrence and Survival in 241 Patients With Implantable Cardioverter‐ Defibrillator Therapy
BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to determine the influence of clinical characteristics on shock occurrence and survival… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
A permanent transvenous lead system for an implantable pacemaker cardioverter-defibrillator. Nonthoracotomy approach to implantation.
A transvenous lead system for implantable defibrillators would obviate a surgical thoracotomy and reduce the morbidity and… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Further enzymic characters of Trypanosoma cruzi and their evaluation for strain identification.
Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Feasibility and Effectiveness of Low‐Energy Catheter Defibrillation in Man
The effectiveness of low energy intraventricular catheter defibrillation was evaluated in 11 patients undergoing coronary artery… 
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