Impact of defibrillation testing on predicted ICD shock efficacy: Implications for clinical practice

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 709-717

  Smits, Karel ^a   Virag, Nathalie ^a   Swerdlow, Charles D ^b  

^a MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation test protocol; Defibrillation threshold; Implant criterion; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER MODEL; DEFIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84876688746     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2013.01.028     Document Type: Article

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