Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 273-280 , September 2004

Body image changes associated with dual-chamber pacemaker insertion in women

  • Leslie L. Davis, MSN, RN, CS, ANP

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Leslie Davis, MSN, RN, CS, ANP, University of NC at Chapel Hill, CB 7460, Carrington Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7460 USA
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  • Kimberly A. Vitale, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA
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  • Claudia A. Irmiere, MS, RN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Paterson, NJ, USA
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  • Tina A. Hackney, MSN, RN, CS, FNP

      Affiliations

    • Alamance Regional Medical Center, Burlington, NC, USA
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  • Kathryn M. Belew, MSN, RN, CNS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Clinical Research, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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  • Ann Marie R. Chikowski, BSN, RN, CCRC

      Affiliations

    • Main Line Health Heart Center, Wynnewood, PA, USA
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  • Cynthia A. Sullivan, MS, RN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • University Community Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA
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  • Anne S. Hellkamp, MS

      Affiliations

    • Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Eleanor B. Schron, MS, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Trials Scientific Research Group, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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  • Gervasio A. Lamas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach, FL, USA
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  • Mode Selection Trial in Sinus Node Dysfunction (MOST) Investigators and Coordinators

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PII: S0147-9563(04)00101-3

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2004.04.005

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 273-280 , September 2004

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