Implantable Cardioverter (ICD)
Predictors of appropriate ICD therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
... appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy could help to better identify candidates for ICD ...with ICD (111 with coronary artery disease [CAD] and 51 with dilated ...
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Original Article Predictive role of heart rate turbulence in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients with frequent implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shock therapy
... and implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shock ...frequent ICD shocks. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 60 IC patients with ICD shock ...3 ICD shock therapy. Frequent ...
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NYHA Class II or III Heart Failure: Who Will Need an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)?
... of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) in primary prevention of SCD in both New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II and class III heart ...of ICD only in the prevention of SCD in ...
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Characteristics and outcomes of diabetic patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator in a real world setting: results from the Israeli ICD registry
... appropriate ICD therapy for ventricular tachyarrhythmias (including anti tach- ycardia pacing and shock) was compared between 764 DM and 1346 non-DM patients enrolled in the national Israeli ICD ...
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Quality of Life in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
... had ICD while 228 were controls. Patients in the ICD group had lower levels of psychological well being than the control group, especially those who experienced shock delivery of the ...versus ...
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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 ...However, ICD recipients ’ mortality is significantly ...
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Wound Complications and Treatment of the Infected Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Generator
... in 1980,lthe automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD is now recognized as one of the most effective therapies for the prevention of sudden cardiac death in patients with doc[r] ...
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Electrical Storms in Patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
... an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), multi- ple episodes of electrical storm (ES) can ...with ICD. Materials and Methods: Eighty-five pa- tients with an ICD were ...
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IMPACT OF SUBPECTORAL IMPLANTATION OF THE IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS ON DEFIBRILLATION THRESHOLD
... 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 ...
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Clinical aspects and socio-economic implications of implantable cardioverter defibrillator treatment
... the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and major studies establishing the beneficial effect of ICD therapy as primary and secondary prevention strategy for SCD are ...an ICD ...
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: state of the art
... internal cardioverter defibrillator ...the ICD has matured over the last two decades, and large studies have consis- tently shown reduced mortality or sudden cardiac death (SCD) in selected patient ...
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The characterisation of circulating biomarkers and body composition before and after cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with chronic heart failure and their role in predicting response
... Am J Cardiol 2016;-:-e- Cardiac resynchronization therapy CRT and the implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD are known to improve morbidity and mortality in selected patients.1e3 CRT [r] ...
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Role of cardiac MRI and CT in Fontan circulation
... for localised stenosis, closure devices to occlude fenes- trations or baffle leaks, mechanical or bioprosthetic valves for dysfunctional valves, pacing wires with pace- maker (PPM) or implantable ...
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Hemodynamic deterioration precedes onset of ventricular tachyarrhythmia after Heartmate II implantation
... variations of rhythms preceding VT (e.g. short-long-short sequences (SLS-sequences)) and modes of initiation (e.g. ventricular premature beats (VPB) or sudden onset (SO)) imply different mechanisms underlying VT, ...
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Improved survival of patients with coronary artery disease and low ejection fraction with ICD implantation versus conventional therapy in a real world survey
... that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) improve life expectancy unless they are implanted within the first days after an acute myocardial infarction and guidelines recommend their ...
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Non invasive programmed stimulation to identify high risk patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillator (the NIPS ICD study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
... Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a widely used and effective therapy that reduces the risk of car- diac death in many cardiac diseases, and is implanted for secondary and primary ...
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Double left ventricular pacing following accidental malpositioning of the right ventricular electrode during implantation of a cardiac resynchronization therapy device
... A 75-year-old caucasian male patient with a diagnosis of dilative cardiomyopathy (echocardiographic biplane ejec- tion fraction (EF) 23%) had sinus rhythm with left LBBB ECG (Figure 1a-b) (QRS with 136 ms) and a profound ...
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Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death In Patients With Non-ischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
... Non ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NIDCM) is a disorder of myocardium. It has varying etiologies. Albeit the varying etiologies of this heart muscle disorder, it presents with symptoms of heart failure, and rarely as ...
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Amiodarone for the treatment and prevention of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia
... In this latter study, a minority of patients had incessant VT (ie, recurrent despite attempted electrical cardioversion). Although variation was not significant among the groups, the median time from initiation of ...
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MRI-conditional pacemakers: current perspectives
... Clinical utility and safety of a protocol for noncardiac and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging of patients with permanent pacemakers and implantable-cardioverter defibrillators at 1.[r] ...
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