Does device-based testing save time during automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation?
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-3181
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Defibrillation testing can be done either via an external cardiac defibrillator or directly via the implanted defibrillator during implantation (device-based testing). The advantage of one testing methodology over the other has not been adequately studied. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Seventy-four patients (72% men) were randomized into two groups depending on the defibrillation testing methodology used--external cardiac defibrillation and device-based testing groups. R-wave, pacing threshold, pacing impedance, defibrillation threshold, defibrillation pathway impedance and total procedure time were not significantly different between the two groups.CONCLUSIONS:
Device-based testing did not significantly reduce the procedure time. Lead and defibrillation parameters were similar in both the groups; lead repositioning and replacement were required in three patients in the external cardiac defibrillation group.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Time Factors
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Materials Testing
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Defibrillators, Implantable
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Middle Aged
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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