Downloadable software algorithm reduces inappropriate shocks caused by implantable cardioverter-defibrillator lead fractures: A prospective study

Circulation

Volumn 122, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1449-1455

  Swerdlow, Charles D ^a   Gunderson, Bruce D ^b   Ousdigian, Kevin T ^b   Abeyratne, Athula ^b   Sachanandani, Haresh ^b   Ellenbogen, Kenneth A ^c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDTRONIC INC   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

device safety; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; software

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEFIBRILLATOR LEAD FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELECTROGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; EVALUATION STUDY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFTWARE; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

LEAD;

EID: 77958471629     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.962407     Document Type: Article

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