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Effect of biphasic endocardial countershock on pacing thresholds in humans
D J Kessler1, R C Canby, R P Horton
1University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75235-9047, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|March 1, 1996
Abstract:
The use of non-thoracotomy endocardial implantable defibrillators with pacing capabilities has increased substantially over the past 2 years. This report demonstrates that the pacing threshold increases in some patients after endocardial defibrillation, and substantiates the practice of using maximal pacing output after endocardial defibrillation.