title: Use of an automatic internal defibrillator to induce and maintain ventricular fibrillation during left ventricular assist device pump exchange.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Anelechi C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Anyanwu
authors.affiliation: St Jude Medical Inc, St Paul, Minn.
authors.forename: Charles A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Eggert
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Electronic address: alexander.mittnacht@msnyuhealth.org.
authors.forename: Alexander J C
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mittnacht
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left