Defibrillation Threshold Testing in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Might Less Be More Than Enough?**Editorials published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 557-558

  Curtis, Anne B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; sudden cardiac death; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; EDITORIAL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 48449087090     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.05.016     Document Type: Editorial

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