Defibrillators, Implantable
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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Significance of intraoperative testing in right-sided implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
... of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients with high risk for life threatening ven- tricular arrhythmias is the standard therapeutical method ...energy defibrillators, and quick ...
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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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Design of the evolution of management strategies of heart failure patients with implantable defibrillators (EVOLVO) study to assess the ability of remote monitoring to treat and triage patients more effectively
... F, Katus HA, Schoels W: Patient alert in implantable cardio- verter defibrillators: toy or tool? J Am Coll Cardiol 2004, 44:95-98. 8. Winters SL, Packer DL, Marchlinski FE, Lazzara R, Cannom DS, Breithardt ...
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: state of the art
... P = 0.006) Symptomatic CHF NYHA Class i (22), ii (57), and iii (21) Abbreviations: AVID, Antiarrhythmics Versus Implantable Defibrillators; bpm, beats per minute; CABG, [r] ...
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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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Quality of Life in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
... an implantable cardioverter ...versus implantable defibrillators trial: impact of therapy and influence of adverse symptoms and defibrillator ...of implantable cardioverter ...
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Modelling the electric field from implantable defibrillators
... 3.1 Introduction This review will focus on modelling of the electric field in the torso, particularly numerical models of implantable defibrillators, but also the related issues of the e[r] ...
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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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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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Health-related quality of life in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with implantable defibrillators
... Ventricular tachyarrhythmias can be life-threatening emergencies. An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device implanted in the upper chest with a transvenous lead fixated inside the right ...
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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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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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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
... an 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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Does stress echocardiography add incremental value to baseline ejection fraction for the early identification of candidates for implantable defibrillators?
... Objective A reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) remains the strongest indicator of increased risk of sudden cardiac death after an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Guidelines recommend that patients ...
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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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Can machine learning complement traditional medical device surveillance? A case-study of dual-chamber implantable cardioverter–defibrillators
... Methods and results: Using data from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry for implant- able cardioverter–defibrillators (ICDs) linked to Medicare administrative claims for longitudinal follow-up, we applied ...
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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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Infections of cardiac implantable electronic devices: Epidemiology, classification, treatment, and prognosis
... pacemakers, implantable cardioverters-defibrillators (ICDs) or resyn- chronization therapy devices (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker or Cardiac Resynchronization Ther- apy Defibrillator: CRT-P or ...
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