title: Unexpectedly high defibrillation thresholds in an active can implantable cardioverter defibrillator system.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Beckman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*