Clinical Trial: Canadian Registry of ICD Implant Testing Procedures

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Canadian Registry of ICD Implant Testing Procedures

Brief Summary: To document practices in Canadian ICD implant centres around defibrillation therapy efficacy testing.

Detailed Summary: To document types of defibrillation testing (DFT) procedures are in current use in Canada, rates of use an dno use of DFT testing, medical indications for non use of DFT testing, rate of successful testing of first lead configuration, rates and types of complications from DFT testing, costs of implant procedures and the costs associated with DFT testing, short term outcomes of patients with different types of implant procedures.
Sponsor: Guidant Corporation

Current Primary Outcome: to systematically collect and quanitfy characteristics of ICD implant procedures in Canadian Hospitals [ Time Frame: 3 years ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

Information By: Guidant Corporation

Dates:
Date Received: February 19, 2009
Date Started: January 2006
Date Completion:
Last Updated: February 19, 2009
Last Verified: February 2009