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‘You can’t start a car when there’s no petrol left’: a qualitative study of patient, family and clinician perspectives on implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation

OBJECTIVE: To explore the attitudes towards implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) deactivation and initiation of deactivation discussions among patients, relatives and clinicians. DESIGN: A multiphase qualitative study consisting of in situ hospital ICD clinic observations, and semistructured...

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Autores principales: Standing, Holly, Thomson, Richard G, Flynn, Darren, Hughes, Julian, Joyce, Kerry, Lobban, Trudie, Lord, Stephen, Matlock, Dan D, McComb, Janet M, Paes, Paul, Wilkinson, Chris, Exley, Catherine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8261879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34230020
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-048024