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Scottish Survey of Public Place Defibrillators

, 2010
Background Public place defibrillators can reduce delays to defibrillation but their cost-effectiveness has not been evaluated in randomised trials. In Scotland, unlike England, no health sector funding has been provided.
Cobbe, S.M., Pell, J.P., Ashimi, A.O.
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Diagnostic lacunae and implications of an automated implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation in a child with type 3 Long QT (LQT3) syndrome

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2022
A diagnosis of congenital long QT interval syndrome based on history and electrocardiogram was made in a child in the absence of readily available genetic testing.
Madan M Maddali, Pranav S Kandachar, Ismail A Al-Abri, Mohammed I Al-Yamani   +3 more
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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia detected by an implantable loop recorder in a child

Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2013
We present a six-year-old boy with a history of recurrent syncope whose physical examination and family history were inconclusive. Laboratory findings, 12-lead ECG, chest radiography, Holter monitoring, event recorder monitoring, echocardiography ...
Yakup Ergül, Neslihan Kiplapinar, Celal Akdeniz, Volkan Tuzcu   +3 more
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Implantation of a biventricular ICD in a patient with dextrocardia with situs inversus

Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2015
In order to reduce sudden cardiac death and heart failure symptoms, biventricular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation is a treatment method commonly used in selected patients with cardiomyopathy.
Veysel Kutay Vurgun, Demet Menekşe Gerede, Ali Timuçin Altın, Başar Candemir, Ömer Akyürek   +4 more
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The effect of continuous care program on the self-efficacy of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A randomized control trial

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2023
Background: The majority of cardiac disorders resulting from ventricular dysrhythmias are fatal. The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) is one of the most common treatments of ventricular dysrhythmias.
Shirin Afshar Ghahreman Khani, Pegah Matourypour, Majid Haghjoo, Masoumeh Zakerimoghadam   +3 more
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The assessment of stress reactions of patients with implanted defibrillators [PDF]

, 2016
Background. Although they save life, implantable defibrillators have psychological side effects and increase the number of patients who experience anxiety, depressive symptoms and, in extreme cases, post-traumatic stress disorder (PT SD). Escalation of
Aleksandra Brodowska, Małgorzata Szkup, Daria Schneider-Matyka, Małgorzata Zimny, Aneta Jacewicz, Dorota Pilch   +5 more
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Irradiation treatment of laryngeal cancer in a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) [PDF]

, 2007
Background: Due to an aging population the incidence of both cardiac and tumor-related illnesses is increasing. A problem may arise if radiotherapy is necessary in close anatomic proximity to an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD).
Schaffer, Pamela Manuela, Krimmel, Klaus, Sepe, Susanna, Schaffer, Moshe   +3 more
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Brugada syndrome: A brand new case [PDF]

Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2009
Background: Brugada syndrome (BS) is a disorder characterized by syncope or sudden death associated with one of several electrocardiographic (ECG) patterns characterized by incomplete right bundle branch block and ST elevation in the anterior precordial ...
Jurčević Ružica, Angelkov Lazar, Vukajlović Dejan, Ristić Velibor, Tomović Milosav, Kojić Dejan, Đukanović Boško   +6 more
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Defibrillation Testing During Defibrillator Implantation [PDF]

Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology Review, 2012
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) terminate ventricular tachycardia (VT) and ventricular fibrillation (VF) with high efficacy. ICDs improve mortality in patients after survived sudden cardiac death (SCD) and in patients at high risk of dying suddenly.
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Patient Outcomes Associated with the First Remote Monitoring Experience of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in South Korea

Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2023
YouMi Hwang,1,2 Hannah Bae3 1Department of Cardiology, St. Vincent’s Hospital, the Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Republic of Korea; 2Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease (CRID), College of Medicine, the Catholic ...
Hwang Y, Bae H
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