Ethical and legal perspective of implantable cardioverter defibrillator deactivation or implantable cardioverter defibrillator generator replacement in the elderly.

Wright, Gary A; Klein, George J; Gula, Lorne J

Wright, Gary A; Klein, George J; Gula, Lorne J.

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Wright GA; Division of Cardiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.

Curr Opin Cardiol ; 28(1): 43-9, 2013 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23128499

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Advanced Cardiac Life Support; Death, Sudden, Cardiac; Defibrillators, Implantable/ethics; Terminal Care; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/complications; Advance Care Planning/ethics; Advanced Cardiac Life Support/ethics; Advanced Cardiac Life Support/instrumentation; Advanced Cardiac Life Support/methods; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/prevention & control; Health Services for the Aged/standards; Humans; Terminal Care/ethics; Terminal Care/legislation & jurisprudence

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Terminal Care / Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Defibrillators, Implantable / Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Advanced Cardiac Life Support Type of study: Etiology_studies / Guideline / Prognostic_studies Limits: Aged / Aged80 / Humans Language: En Journal: Curr Opin Cardiol Journal subject: CARDIOLOGIA Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: Canada

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