The top 10 reasons to avoid defibrillation threshold testing during ICD implantation

Heart Rhythm. 2008 Mar;5(3):391-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2008.01.006. Epub 2008 Jan 11.
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Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / standards*
  • Differential Threshold
  • Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Equipment Safety
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Reduction Behavior
  • Unnecessary Procedures