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Cardiac Pacemaker Battery Discharge After External Electrical Cardioversion for Broad QRS Complex Tachycardia
External electrical cardioversion or defibrillation may be necessary in patients with implanted cardiac pacemaker (PM) or implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Sudden discharge of high electrical energy employed in direct current (DC) transthoracic countershock may damage the PM/ICD system r...
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Indian Heart Rhythm Society
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2490810/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18679527 |