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1: Circulation. 2004 Dec 21;110(25):3866-9.Click here to read Links

Clinical assessment and management of patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators presenting to nonelectrophysiologists.

Stevenson WG, Chaitman BR, Ellenbogen KA, Epstein AE, Gross WL, Hayes DL, Strickberger SA, Sweeney MO; Subcommittee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias of the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology; Heart Rhythm Society.

All physicians increasingly will encounter patients who have implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for protection from ventricular arrhythmias. This advisory provides a concise summary relevant to the assessment and management of patients with ICDs, including those who present to primary care or emergency department physicians with symptoms suggesting arrhythmia or ICD malfunction and those who require cardiac or surgical procedures.

PMID: 15611390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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