Complications associated with defibrillation threshold testing: The Canadian experience

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-390

  Birnie, David ^a   Tung, Stanley ^b   Simpson, Christopher ^c   Crystal, Eugene ^d   Exner, Derek ^e   Ayala Paredes, Felix Alejandro ^f   Krahn, Andrew ^g   Parkash, Ratika ^h   Khaykin, Yaariv ⁱ   Philippon, Francois ^j   Guerra, Peter ^k   Kimber, Shane ^l   Cameron, Douglas ^m   Healey, Jeffrey S ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^h QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^j LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^k MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^m TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁿ HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

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Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold testing; Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs): complications; Risks: stroke

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 39649088013     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2007.11.018     Document Type: Article

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