title: To test or not to test during defibrillator implantation? A reassessment of the conventional wisdom.
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Markowitz
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008390:Markov Chains; D018579:Patient Selection; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate