• Am J Emerg Med · Jun 2016

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    ED evaluation and management of implantable cardiac defibrillator electrical shocks.

    • Saher Iftikhar, Amal Mattu, and William Brady.
    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
    • Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun 1; 34 (6): 1140-7.

    AbstractPatients with implantable cardiac defibrillators not infrequently present to the emergency department after experiencing an implantable cardiac defibrillator shock. This review considers the management of such patients in the emergency department, including appropriate, inappropriate, and phantom shocks as well as electrical storm. Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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