Temporal stability of defibrillation thresholds with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1008-1013

  Gold, Michael R ^a   Hedayati, Amir ^b   Alaeddini, Jamshid ^c   Payne, John P ^d   Bailin, Steven ^e   Sturdivant, J J Lacy ^a   Pradhan, Sonar ^f   Oza, Ashish L ^f  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Inland Cardiology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e IOWA HEART CENTER   (United States)

^f ST JUDE MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac resynchronization therapy; Defibrillation; Defibrillation threshold; Reverse remodeling; Tuned; Ventricular chamber; Ventricular fibrillation; Waveforms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR;

AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79959919676     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2011.02.006     Document Type: Article

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