title: How to avoid inappropriate shocks.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Spragg
authors.forename: Ronald D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life