RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Rizzo, Toni
T1 Low Inappropriate Shock Rate with ICD SmartShock Algorithms
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 12
SP 17
OP 18
DO 10.1177/155989771312007
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/17.abstract
AB Shocks delivered by implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can cause anxiety [Sears SF Jr et al. Clin Cardiol 1999], decreased quality of life [Schron EB et al. Circulation 2002], and mortality [Daubert JP et al. J Am Coll Cardiol 2008]. The Study to Evaluate System Safety and Clinical Performance of the Protecta Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) Plus Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Defibrillator [Painfree SST; NCT00982397] is the first study to evaluate the SmartShock discrimination algorithms for reducing inappropriate shocks by single chamber ICDs.