title: Current status of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, USA.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: O'Callaghan
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Ruskin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004867:Equipment Design; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome