Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation Without Defibrillation Testing

J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jun 27;69(25):3118-3119. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.037.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Death, Sudden / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
  • Electric Countershock* / instrumentation
  • Electric Countershock* / methods
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure
  • Equipment Safety / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Materials Testing* / methods
  • Materials Testing* / standards
  • Middle Aged
  • New York City
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
  • Tachycardia, Ventricular / therapy
  • Unnecessary Procedures*