The Role of Defibrillation Testing Journal Articles

abstract

• The induction and termination of ventricular fibrillation at the time of defibrillator insertion (defibrillation testing [DT]) has traditionally been an integral component of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. However, over the last 10 years, published series suggested a high rate of first-shock efficacy for clinical ventricular arrhythmias, even if no DT was done. Over the same time, several published reports and series have shown uncommon but serious complications related to DT. Throughout the world, there has been a steady decline in the proportion of patients receiving an ICD who undergo DT, which, in many regions, is less than 50%.

authors

• Amit, Guy
• Healey, Jeffrey Sean

status

• published 

publication date

• September 2015

has subject area

• Aged (MeSH)
• Defibrillators, Implantable (MeSH)
• Electric Countershock (MeSH)
• Female (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Male (MeSH)
• Patient Safety (MeSH)
• Tachycardia, Ventricular (MeSH)
• Ventricular Fibrillation (MeSH)

published in

• Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics  Journal

keywords

• Aged
• Defibrillation testing
• Defibrillators, Implantable
• Electric Countershock
• Female
• Fibrillation
• Humans
• Implantable defibrillator
• Male
• Patient Safety
• Tachycardia, Ventricular
• Ventricular Fibrillation
• Ventricular tachycardia

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.ccep.2015.05.015

PubMed ID

• 26304533

start page

• 539

end page

• 546

volume

• 7

issue

• 3