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.
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Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Institute and University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA.
Reynolds
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Beckman
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D000328:Adult; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004554:Electric Countershock; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000628:therapy*