- ►annals.org [PDF] JT Berger - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Implantable cardioverter defibrillators are life-saving devices for many patients with cardiac
disease. Recipients of these devices, nevertheless, often suffer from progressive comorbid and
cardiac conditions. Therefore, physicians should anticipate situations in which the ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - All 5 versions
V Nambisan, D Chao - Palliative medicine, 2004 - pmj.sagepub.com Page 1. http://pmj.sagepub.com Palliative Medicine DOI: 10.1191/
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TC Braun, NA Hagen, RE Hatfield, DG Wyse - Journal of pain and symptom …, 1999 - Elsevier The use of cardiac pacemakers and arrhythmia control devices is increasingly common. The
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LL Basta, ML O Neal - American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 2004 - medscape.com By contrast, WW had numerous medical ailments. He had had diabetes mellitus for more than
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WR Lewis, DL Luebke, NJ Johnson, MD Harrington … - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier The purpose of this study is to review a multidisciplinary strategy used to identify patients with
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- ►annals.org [PDF] NE Goldstein, R Lampert, E Bradley, J Lynn, … - Annals of internal …, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Results: Next of kin reported that clinicians discussed deactivat- ing the ICD in only 27 of the
100 cases. Most discussions oc- curred in the last few days of life. Family members reported
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R Kobza, P Erne - Pace-Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2007 - ksl.ch Introduction The use of implantable cardioverter-defi- brillators (ICDs) is established as both
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LL Basta - American Journal of Geriatric Cardiology, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com In the past decade, the rate of implantation of pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators in the
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FA Paola, RM Walker - Southern Medical Journal, 2000 - journals.lww.com IN THE PAST 20 YEARS, we have seen a remark- able expansion of technologies designed
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