Impact of defibrillation test protocol and test repetition on the probability of meeting implant criteria

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1515-1526

  Smits, Karel ^a   Virag, Nathalie ^a  

^a MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

defibrillation test protocol; defibrillation threshold; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Monte Carlo method; ventricular fibrillation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEFIBRILLATION; DEFIBRILLATION TEST; DEFIBRILLATOR; DEVICE SAFETY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81055140540     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03166.x     Document Type: Article

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