title: Inappropriate implantable defibrillator shocks: an adverse outcome that can be prevented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Portland Veterans' Affairs Medical Center and Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon. Electronic address: merritt.raitt@va.gov.
authors.forename: Merritt H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Raitt
mesh_terms: D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D058406:Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy; D000077261:Carvedilol; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002227:Carbazoles; D011412:Propanolamines; D000077261:Carvedilol; D008790:Metoprolol
keywords: beta-blockers; carvedilol; defibrillator; heart failure; inappropriate therapy