Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and defibrillation testing: A propensity-matched pilot study

To date, only a few comparisons between subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) patients undergoing and those not undergoing defibrillation testing (DT) at implantation (DT+ vs DT-) have been reported.The purpose of this study was to compare long-term clinical outcomes of 2 propensity-matched cohorts of DT+ and DT- patients.Among consecutive S-ICD patients implanted across 17 centers from January 2015 to October 2020, DT-...