Congenital Short QT Syndrome and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Treatment: Inherent Risk for Inappropriate Shock Delivery

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1273-1277

  Schimpf, Rainer ^a   Wolpert, Christian ^a   Bianchi, Francesca ^b   Giustetto, Carla ^b   Gaita, Fiorenzo ^b   Bauersfeld, Urs ^c   Borggrefe, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Inappropriate therapy; Short QT interval; Short QT syndrome; Sudden cardiac death; T wave oversensing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSIVE THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EUROPE; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QT INTERVAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SHORT QT SYNDROME; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUDDEN DEATH; SYNCOPE; T WAVE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0347992796     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8167.2003.03278.x     Document Type: Article

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