Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices: What You Need to Know in Critical Care Nursing Practice.

AACN Adv Crit Care

Aileen M. Ferrick is Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinical Program Coordinator, Westchester Medical Center, 100 Woods Rd, Valhalla, NY 10595 or

Published: November 2016

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