PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Rizzo, Toni
ED  - Schloss, Edward J.
TI  - Low Inappropriate Shock Rate with ICD SmartShock Algorithms
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 17--18
VI  - 13
IP  - 12
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/17.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/12/17.full
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.