cardioverter defibrillators
Significance of intraoperative testing in right-sided implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
... implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients with high risk for life threatening ven- tricular arrhythmias is the standard therapeutical method ...energy defibrillators, and quick energy ...
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Quality of Life in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
... Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: physical and psychosocial ...a cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) - results of an empirical study of 132 ICD ...
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IMPACT OF SUBPECTORAL IMPLANTATION OF THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS ON DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD
... ver the past decade, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) have become the standard of care for patients at risk for sudden cardiac death [1, 2]. ICD implantation has been shown to reduce absolute ...
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Effect of psycho-educational interventions on quality of life in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
... Background: Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) were developed for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. However, ICD recipients ’ mortality is significantly predicted by their ...
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: state of the art
... Abstract: It has been estimated that 180,000–450,000 people die suddenly in the US every year. Currently, the most effective method for reducing the risk of sudden death in those patients at highest risk is implantation ...
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Complications and Mortality of Single Versus Dual Chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
... The purpose of the current study was to identify and characterize prospectively the frequency of lead and implant-related complications and also mortality in patients with single- chamb[r] ...
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Prognosis after Implantation of Cardioverter Defibrillators in Korean Patients with Brugada Syndrome
... Purpose: Our study aims to analyze prognosis after implantable cardioverter-defi- brillator (ICD) implantation in Korean patients with Brugada syndrome (BrS). Materials and Methods: This was a retrospective study ...
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Extended charge banking model of dual path shocks for implantable cardioverter defibrillators
... Methods: The Charge Banking Model has been extended into a new Extended Charge Banking Model of defibrillation that represents small sections of the heart as separate RC circuits, uses [r] ...
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A trial design for evaluation of empiric programming of implantable cardioverter defibrillators to improve patient management
... The delivery of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy is sophisticated and requires the programming of over 100 settings. Physicians tailor these settings with the intention of optimizing ICD ...
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Attitudes of older adults with serious competing health risks toward their implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a pilot study
... A final limitation is that some of the patients had pacemaker-defibrillators and may have conflated the two separate functions of the device. For example, the patient who said, “The only thing keeping me going is ...
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Wearable cardioverter defibrillators for the prevention of sudden cardiac arrest: a health technology assessment and patient focus group study
... implantable cardioverter defibrillator; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; NA, not available; NYHA, New York Heart Association; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PPCM, ...
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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators improve survival after coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with severely impaired left ventricular function
... and the incidence of SCD accounts for 0.1–0.2% of all deaths in the general population [12]. When observing a sub-population that has an ejection fraction of < 30%, the percentage rises dramatically and accounts for ...
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“I don’t know exactly what you’re referring to”: the challenge of values elicitation in decision making for implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
... Purpose: Patients’ values are a key component of patient-centered care and shared decision making in health care organizations. There is limited understanding on how patients’ values guide their health related decision ...
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Single-chamber Versus Dual-chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: Do We Need Physiologic Pacing in The Course?
... 1. 1.Siebels J, Kuck KH and CASH Investigators. Implantable cardioverter defibrillator compared with antiarrhythmic drug treatment in cardiac arrest survivors (the Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg). Am Heart J ...
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Perceptions and experiences of patients living with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a systematic review and meta-synthesis
... To examine relationship between gender and patient- reported outcomes re- garding general anx- iety, device-related anxiety, depression and QOL Longitudinal descriptive correlational qua[r] ...
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Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Magnetic Fields of a 400 kV Substation
... implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are classified by European Directive 2013/35/EU as being at particular risk because of the potential interference between implanted medical devices and electromagnetic ...
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Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death In Patients With Non-ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
... implantable cardioverter defibrillator as antiarrhythmic treatment modality of choice for survivors of cardiac arrest unrelated to acute myocardial ...implantable cardioverter defibrillators and ...
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The oral cavity is not a primary source for implantable pacemaker or cardioverter defibrillator infections
... and cardioverter defibrillators have become indispensable techniques in medical treatment for decreasing the mortality in pa- tients with arrhythmias or cardiomyopathy ...
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The Automatic External Cardioverter-Defibrillator
... Very early response to lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias is achievable now with fully “automatic” external defibrillators. As occurs with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, these devices may ...
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Impact of EAS Systems on Implanted Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators
... or cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), in particular since the prevalence of pacemaker patients among the general po- pulation is increasing and amounts already to about ...
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