Risk of defibrillation threshold testing in severe heart failure patient: A case of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT-D) with acute myocardial infarction

Defibrillation threshold (DFT) testing is usually recommended after device implantation to confirm appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)/cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) function [1,2]. However, induction of ventricular fibrillation may result in hemodynamic...

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Main Authors: Toshiko Nakai, MD, Kimie Ohkubo, MD, Yasuo Okumura, MD, Satoshi Kunimoto, MD, Yuji Kasamaki, MD, Ichiro Watanabe, MD, Atsushi Hirayama, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Arrhythmia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S188042761200035X