Defibrillation threshold testing fails to show clinical benefit during long-term follow-up of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation

Europace

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 683-688

  Michowitz, Yoav ^a   Lellouche, Nicolas ^b   Contractor, Tahmeed ^a   Bourke, Tara ^a   Wiener, Isaac ^a   Buch, Eric ^a   Boyle, Noel ^a   Bersohn, Malcolm ^a   Shivkumar, Kalyanam ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Biventricular implantable cardioverterdefibrillator; Defibrillation efficacy; Defibrillation threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD TESTING; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; TACHYCARDIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIOVASCULAR; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 79955436789     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/euq519     Document Type: Article

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