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The Deactivation of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Medical, Ethical, Practical, and Legal Considerations

BACKGROUND: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) cannot prevent death from progressive heart failure or non-cardiac disease. Patients with ICDs may receive defibrillation therapy from their devices in the last days of their lives, when such therapy does not accord with the goal of palliati...

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Main Authors: Carlsson, Jörg, Paul, Norbert W, Dann, Matthias, Neuzner, Jörg, Pfeiffer, Dietrich
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Deutscher Arzte Verlag 2012
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444849/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23152737
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3238/arztebl.2012.0535
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