Efficacy and temporal stability of reduced safety margins for ventricular defibrillation: Primary results from the Low Energy Safety Study (LESS)

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 2043-2048

  Gold, Michael R ^a,j   Higgins, Steven ^b   Klein, Richard ^c   Gilliam, F Roosevelt ^d   Kopelman, Harry ^e   Hessen, Scott ^f   Payne, John ^g   Strickberger, S Adam ^h   Breiter, David ⁱ   Hahn, Stephen ⁱ  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Chippenham Medical Center   (United States)

^e Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

ⁱ BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Defibrillation; Defibrillators; Implantable; Safety; Tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE GENERATOR; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 0037197741     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000015508.59749.F5     Document Type: Article

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