Defibrillation threshold testing does not predict clinical outcomes during long-term follow-up: A meta-analysis

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1402-1408

  Stavrakis, Stavros ^a   Patel, Nishit H ^a   Reynolds, Dwight W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

defibrillation threshold testing; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; mortality; ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEFIBRILLATION; FOLLOW UP; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD TESTING; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS; MORTALITY; VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIAS;

DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION;

EID: 84886773338     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pace.12218     Document Type: Article

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