Posttraumatic stress and the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patient: what the electrophysiologist needs to know

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2011 Apr;4(2):242-50. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.110.957670.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Psychological
  • Aged
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / psychology*
  • Electric Countershock / adverse effects
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation
  • Electric Countershock / psychology*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Quality of Life
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / diagnosis
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / etiology
  • Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / prevention & control
  • Treatment Outcome