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Unexpectedly High Defibrillation Thresholds in an Active Can Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator System
Author(s) -
Rao Arun,
REYNOLDS DWIGHT W.,
BECKMAN KAREN J.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.01168.x
Subject(s) - defibrillation , medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , defibrillation threshold , cardiology , ventricular fibrillation
RAO, A., et al. : Unexpectedly High Defibrillation Thresholds in an Active Can Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator System. This case report describes a patient undergoing defibrillator generator replacement in whom the defibrillation thresholds were significantly higher with a can‐active system than with a non‐active can system.