sensus Statement on Optimal Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Programming and Testing

Bruce L. Wilkoff MD, FHRS, CCDS (Chair), Laurent Fauchier MD, PhD (co-Chair), Martin K. Stiles MBCHB, PhD (co-Chair), Carlos A. Morillo MD, FRCPC, FHRS (co-Chair), Sana M. Al-Khatib MD, MHSc, FHRS, CCDS, Jesús Almendral MD, PhD, FESC, Luis Aguinaga MD, PhD, FACC, FESC, Ronald D. Berger MD, PhD, FHRS, Alejandro Cuesta MD, PhD, FESC, James P. Daubert MD, FHRS, Sergio Dubner MD, FACC, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen MD, FHRS, N.A. Mark Estes III MD, Guilherme Fenelon MD, PhD, Fermin C. Garcia MD, Maurizio Gasparini MD, David E. Haines MD, FHRS, Jeff S. Healey MD, MSc, FRCPC, FHRS, Jodie L. Hurtwitz MD, Roberto Keegan MD, Christof Kolb MD, Karl-Heinz Kuck MD, FHRS, Germanas Marinskis MD, FESC, Martino Martinelli MD, PhD, Mark McGuire MBBS, PhD, Luis G. Molina MD, DSc, Ken Okumura MD, PhD, Alessandro Proclemer MD, Andrea M. Russo MD, FHRS, Jagmeet P. Singh MD, DPhil, FHRS, Charles D. Swerdlow MD, FHRS, Wee Siong Teo MBBS, FHRS, William Uribe MD, FHRS, Sami Viskin MD, Chun-Chieh Wang MD, Shu Zhang MD

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