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An introduction to the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and its anesthetic implications.

This paper presents a description of the automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (AICD), as well as information pertaining to indications for its use, patient selection criteria, surgical implantation techniques, and anesthetic implications. A brief hoisotrical overview ofthe development of...

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Published in:AANA Journal Vol. 61; no. 4; pp. 388 - 394
Main Author: Likens ML
Format: pictorial tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Aug1993
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          Defibrillators, Implantable
          Patient Selection
          Defibrillators, Implantable History
          Defibrillators, Implantable Utilization
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