Intraoperative testing of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: How much is enough?

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 140-145

  Pires, Luis A ^a,b   Johnson, Katrina M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; ICD; Survival; Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUDDEN DEATH; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AGED; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 33644778037     PISSN: 10453873     EISSN: 15408167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2005.00294.x     Document Type: Article

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