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(Circulation. 2004;110:3866-3869.)
© 2004 American Heart Association, Inc.

AHA Science Advisory

Clinical Assessment and Management of Patients With Implanted Cardioverter-Defibrillators Presenting to Nonelectrophysiologists

William G. Stevenson, MD, Chair; Bernard R. Chaitman, MD; Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD; Andrew E. Epstein, MD; Wendy L. Gross, MD; David L. Hayes, MD; S. Adam Strickberger, MD; Michael O. Sweeney, MD, for the Subcommittee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias of the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, in Collaboration With the Heart Rhythm Society

Abstract

All physicians increasingly will encounter patients who have implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for protection from ventricular arrhythmias. This advisory provides a concise summary relevant to the assessment and management of patients with ICDs, including those who present to primary care or emergency department physicians with symptoms suggesting arrhythmia or ICD malfunction and those who require cardiac or surgical procedures.

Key Words: AHA Science Advisories • defibrillators • arrhythmias • defibrillation

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