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Selecting patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy for ICDs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
No abstract ...
Cleland, John G.F.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Inevitable high-dose irradiation to lead of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in small cell lung cancer: a case report

open access: yesJournal of Medical Case Reports, 2019
Background Radiotherapy has been shown to cause malfunction of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, and there are few studies of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and radiotherapy.
Jeong Won Lee, Ki Ho Seol
doaj   +1 more source

Ventricular Arrhythmias Among Patients With Advanced Heart Failure: A Population‐Based Study

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background The epidemiology of ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) in patients with advanced heart failure (HF) is not well defined. Methods and Results Residents of Olmsted County, Minnesota, with advanced HF from 2007 to 2017 were identified using the 2018 ...
Nicholas Y. Tan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objective: The recent Danish Study to Assess the Efficacy of ICDs in Patients with Non-ischemic Systolic Heart Failure on Mortality (DANISH) trial suggested that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) do not reduce overall mortality in patients ...
Beggs, Simon A.S.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Survival in Women Versus Men Following Implantation of Pacemakers, Defibrillators, and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Devices in a Large, Nationwide Cohort

open access: yesJournal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2017
Background Whether outcomes differ between sexes following treatment with pacemakers (PM), implantable cardioverter defibrillators, and cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) devices is unclear.
Niraj Varma   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Stratification in Post-MI Patients Based on Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction and Heart-Rate Turbulence [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Objectives: Development of risk stratification criteria for predicting mortality in post-infarction patients taking into account LVEF and heart-rate turbulence (HRT).
Barthel, Petra   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Exercise and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Two incompatible entities? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
A greater understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underpinning hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has translated to improved medical care and better survival of affected individuals.
Basu, J, Malhotra, A, Papadakis, M
core   +1 more source

Should all patients receive dual chamber pacing ICDs? The rationale for the DAVID trial

open access: yesCurrent Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2001
All of the prospective multicenter trials that support the use of implantable defibrillators have used single chamber pacemakers/implantable cardiovertor defibrillators (ICDs).
Wilkoff Bruce L
doaj   +1 more source

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator: decision-making on turning off in patients with end-stage heart failure

open access: yesРоссийский кардиологический журнал, 2020
The use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators has become a common standard method of primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death, prolonging the life of patients with cardiomyopathy.
V. K. Lebedeva, D. S. Lebedev
doaj   +1 more source

Challenges of living with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: A qualitative content analysis

open access: yesNursing and Midwifery Studies, 2022
Background: Living with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in the body can be challenging for patients. Identifying these challenges is, therefore, crucial for health promotion.
Yaser Moradi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

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