Automatic determination of timing intervals for upper limit of vulnerability using ICD electrograms

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 691-700

  Shehata, Michael ^a   Belk, Paul ^b   Kremers, Mark ^c   Saba, Samir ^d   Cao, Jian ^b   Swerdlow, Charles D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c Mid Carolina Cardiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Upper limit of vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART PACING; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; SAFETY; T WAVE;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449117477     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2008.01072.x     Document Type: Article

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