Relationship of Shock Energy to Impedance During Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Testing

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2020 Sep;13(9):e008631. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.120.008631. Epub 2020 Jul 23.
No abstract available

Keywords: implantable defibrillator; myocardial stunning; sample size; subcutaneous fat; ventricular fibrillation.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / etiology
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control*
  • Defibrillators, Implantable*
  • Electric Countershock / instrumentation*
  • Electric Impedance
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Primary Prevention
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Secondary Prevention
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy*
  • Young Adult