title: 2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Bruce L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wilkoff
authors.affiliation: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Trousseau, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Laurent
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authors.lastname: Fauchier
authors.affiliation: Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Martin K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Stiles
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, McMaster University-Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morillo
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sana M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Al-Khatib
authors.affiliation: Grupo HM Hospitales, Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Jesœs
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authors.lastname: Almendral
authors.affiliation: Centro Privado De Cardiologia, Tucuman, Argentina.
authors.forename: Luis
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authors.lastname: Aguinaga
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Ronald D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Arritmias, Instituto de Cardiologia Infantil, Montevideo, Uruguay.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cuesta
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
authors.forename: James P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Daubert
authors.affiliation: Clinica y Maternidad Suizo Argentina; De Los Arcos Sanatorio, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Sergio
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authors.lastname: Dubner
authors.affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA.
authors.forename: Kenneth A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Ellenbogen
authors.affiliation: New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: N A Mark
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authors.lastname: Estes
authors.affiliation: Federal University of Sªo Paulo, Sªo Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fenelon
authors.affiliation: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: Fermin C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Garcia
authors.affiliation: Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Maurizio
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authors.lastname: Gasparini
authors.affiliation: William Beaumont Hospital Division of Cardiology, Royal Oak, Michigan.
authors.forename: David E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, McMaster University-Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada.
authors.forename: Jeff S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Healey
authors.affiliation: North Texas Heart Center, Dallas, Texas.
authors.forename: Jodie L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Hurtwitz
authors.affiliation: Hospital Privado del Sur, Bahia Blanca, Argentina.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Keegan
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Herzzentrum Munchen, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Christof
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.affiliation: Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kuck
authors.affiliation: Vilnius University, Clinic of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Germanas
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marinskis
authors.affiliation: Instituto do Coraçªo, Universidade de Sªo Paulo, Sªo Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Martino
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authors.lastname: Martinelli
authors.affiliation: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark
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authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.affiliation: Mexico's National University, Mexico's General Hospital, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: Luis G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Molina
authors.affiliation: Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.affiliation: Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria S. Maria della Misericordia- Udine, Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Proclemer
authors.affiliation: Cooper University Hospital, Camden, New Jersey.
authors.forename: Andrea M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Russo
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Jagmeet P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Beverly Hills, California.
authors.forename: Charles D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Swerdlow
authors.affiliation: National Heart Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Wee Siong
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Teo
authors.affiliation: CES Cardiología and Centros Especializados San Vicente Fundación, Medellín y Rionegro, Colombia.
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Uribe
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Sami
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authors.lastname: Viskin
authors.affiliation: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun-Chieh
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: National Center for Cardiovascular Disease and Beijing Fu Wai Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and China Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Shu
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authors.lastname: Zhang
keywords: AF, atrial fibrillation; ATP, antitachycardia pacing; Bradycardia mode and rate; CI, confidence interval; CL, cycle length; CRT, cardiac resynchronization therapy; CRT-D, cardiac resynchronization therapy–defibrillator; DT, defibrillation testing; Defibrillation testing; EEG, electroencephalography; EGM, electrogram; HF, heart failure; HR, hazard ratio; ICD, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; LV, left ventricle; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; MVP, managed ventricular pacing; NCDR, National Cardiovascular Data Registry; NYHA, New York Heart Association; OR, odds ratio; PEA, peak endocardial acceleration; PVC, premature ventricular contraction; Programming; RCT, randomized clinical trial; RV, right ventricle; S-ICD, subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; SCD, sudden cardiac death; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia; TIA, transient ischemic attack; Tachycardia detection; Tachycardia therapy; VF, ventricular fibrillation; VT, ventricular tachycardia (Heart Rhythm 2015;0:1–37); aCRT, adaptive cardiac resynchronization therapy