Management of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in advanced heart failure : an exploratory study of heart failure patients', carers' and healthcare professionals' perspectives
Background: The ICD is cornerstone in the treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias, although there is growing concern that dying patients are receiving multiple futile shocks. Expert guideline recommendations regarding ICD deactivation are not implemented in practise and ICD deactivation is rarely...
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Ulster University
2015
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695317 |