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Clinical Risk Stratification for Primary Prevention Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Circulation: Heart Failure, 2015
Background—A conceptualized model may be useful for understanding risk stratification of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators considering the competing risks of appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shock versus ...
Douglas S. Lee, J. Hardy, R. Yee, J. Healey, D. Birnie, C. Simpson, E. Crystal, I. Mangat, K. Nanthakumar, Xuesong Wang, A. Krahn, P. Dorian, P. Austin, J. Tu   +13 more
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Cost-Utility Analysis of the EVOLVO Study on Remote Monitoring for Heart Failure Patients With Implantable Defibrillators: Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2013
BackgroundHeart failure patients with implantable defibrillators place a significant burden on health care systems. Remote monitoring allows assessment of device function and heart failure parameters, and may represent a safe, effective, and cost-saving ...
Zanaboni, Paolo, Landolina, Maurizio, Marzegalli, Maurizio, Lunati, Maurizio, Perego, Giovanni B, Guenzati, Giuseppe, Curnis, Antonio, Valsecchi, Sergio, Borghetti, Francesca, Borghi, Gabriella, Masella, Cristina   +10 more
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Prevention of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infections: A Review

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2023
The importance of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) in the treatment of cardiac rhythm disturbances, heart failure, and the prevention of sudden cardiac death is indisputable.
Grzegorz Sławiński, Maciej Kempa, Andrzej Przybylski   +2 more
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Hybrid Cathode Lithium Battery Discharge Simulation for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Using a Coupled Electro-Thermal Dynamic Model [PDF]

arXiv, 2023
This paper investigates the impact of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)'s load on its lithium battery power sources through a coupled electro-thermal dynamic model simulation. ICDs are one of the effective treatments available to significantly improve survival of patients with fatal arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm) disorders.
arxiv  

Longevity of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a comparison among manufacturers and over time

Europace, 2015
Aims Longevity of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) is crucial for patients and healthcare systems as replacements impact on infection rates and cost-effectiveness.
S. von Gunten, B. Schaer, S. Yap, T. Szili-Torok, M. Kühne, C. Sticherling, S. Osswald, D. Theuns   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Cardiac implantable therapeutic medical devices: A narrative review

Journal of Acute Disease, 2021
Heart diseases are common life-threatening acute diseases. They are leading causes of mortality worldwide, especially significant in developed countries.
Christine Pui Sum Ho, Sunny Chi Lik Au
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POKs Based Secure and Energy-Efficient Access Control for Implantable Medical Devices [PDF]

International Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Systems. Springer, Cham, 2019, 2018
Implantable medical devices (IMDs), such as pacemakers, implanted cardiac defibrillators, and neurostimulators are medical devices implanted into patients' bodies for monitoring physiological signals and performing medical treatments. Many IMDs have built-in wireless communication modules to facilitate data collecting and device reprogramming by ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Utilization and likelihood of radiologic diagnostic imaging in patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2015
To examine imaging utilization in a matched cohort of patients with and without implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and to project magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) utilization over a 10‐year period.
S. Nazarian, M. Reynolds, M. Ryan, S. Wolff, S. Mollenkopf, M. Turakhia   +5 more
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in the prevention of sudden cardiac death

Терапевтический архив, 2017
The article highlights the role of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in the primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death.
L A Bockeria, N M Neminushchiy, S I Mikhaylichenko, S A Novichkov, E E Achkasov   +4 more
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An unusual case of fungal ball on implantable cardioverter defibrillator wire and literature review

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2020
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) includes pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD). The device infection is classified into pocket and systemic infection.
Hiba Rauf, Waqas Ullah, Sohaib Roomi, Asrar Ahmad, Yasar Sattar, Zain Ali, Neethu Gopisetti   +6 more
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