UTILITY OF PREDISCHARGE AND ONE-MONTH TRANSVENOUS IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR TESTS

Authors
GOLDBERGER JJ HORVATH G INBAR S KADISH AH
Citation
Jj. Goldberger et al., UTILITY OF PREDISCHARGE AND ONE-MONTH TRANSVENOUS IMPLANTABLE DEFIBRILLATOR TESTS, The American journal of cardiology, 79(6), 1997, pp. 822
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:6<822:UOPAOT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We evaluated the utility of performing predischarge implantable cardio verter-defibrillator (ICD) testing and ICD testing at 1 month in detec ting ICD-related problems, identifying 4 patients with an unacceptable increase in defibrillation threshold. Given that ICD testing is nonin vasive and has minimal (if any) associated risk, we recommend that pre discharge and 1-month follow-up ICD testing should be performed after implantation.