Echocardiographic parameters to predict inadequate defibrillation safety margin in patients receiving implantable cardioverter defibrillators for primary prevention

Journal of Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Jain, Sachin Kumar Amruthlal ^a   Ghanbari, Hamid ^a,b   Hourani, Rayan ^a   Larsen, Timothy R ^a   Daccarett, Marcos ^c   Machado, Christian ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Defibrillation safety margin; Defibrillation threshold; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator; Left ventricular mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; DEFIBRILLATION SAFETY MARGIN; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QRS COMPLEX; STANDARD; SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84877583002     PISSN: 1383875X     EISSN: 15728595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10840-012-9764-4     Document Type: Article

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