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Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator utilization [PDF]

Europace, 2011
Following the recent publication of our article1 concerning the European paradox with regard to implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) device utilization in Europe (markedly lower device utilization in Europe compared with the USA), which updated several previous reports,2,3 …
John, Camm, Seah, Nisam
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Inevitable high-dose irradiation to lead of implantable cardioverter defibrillator in small cell lung cancer: a case report

Journal 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
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Infarct tissue characterization in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients for primary versus secondary prevention following myocardial infarction: a study with contrast-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging [PDF]

, 2012
Knowledge about potential differences in infarct tissue characteristics between patients with prior life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia versus patients receiving prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) might help to improve the ...
Birgelen, C. von, Es, J. van, Galjee, M.A., Kraaier, K., Olimulder, M.A.G.M., Palen, J.A.M. van der, Scholten, M.F., Wagenaar, L.J.   +7 more
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Reticular telangiectatic erythema: case report and literature review

Dermatology Practical & Conceptual, 2015
Background: Reticular telangiectatic erythema is a benign cutaneous reaction that may occur in patients who have received a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Bryce D. Buetler, Philip R. Cohen
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Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator [PDF]

Circulation, 2014
For nearly 3 decades, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) has been available to patients who survived life-threatening rapid heart rhythms or are at risk of experiencing them. The ICD comprises a device generator coupled with a defibrillation lead.
Philip M, Chang, Rahul, Doshi, Leslie A, Saxon   +2 more
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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Derived Left Atrial Characteristics in Relation to Atrial Fibrillation Detection in Patients With an Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2023
Background Among patients with an implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator, a high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) is present. Identification of AF predictors in this patient group is of clinical importance to initiate appropriate preventive ...
Luuk H. G. A. Hopman, Anne‐Lotte C. J. van der Lingen, Nikki van Pouderoijen, Judith Krabbenborg, Mark J. Mulder, Mischa T. Rijnierse, Pranav Bhagirath, Lourens F. H. J. Robbers, Albert C. van Rossum, Vokko P. van Halm, Marco J. W. Götte, Cornelis P. Allaart   +11 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).
Krimmel, Klaus, Schaffer, Moshe, Schaffer, Pamela Manuela, Sepe, Susanna   +3 more
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Patient perceptions of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator deactivation discussions: A qualitative study

SAGE Open Medicine, 2016
Background: There is a class I recommendation for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator deactivation discussions to occur between physicians and heart failure patients.
Jane MacIver, Alana Tibbles, Filio Billia, Heather Ross   +3 more
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Selecting patients with nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy for ICDs [PDF]

, 2017
No abstract ...
Cleland, John G.F., Halliday, Brian P., Prasad, Sanjay K.   +2 more
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Non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy, sudden death and implantable defibrillators: a review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 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., Gardner, Roy S., Jackson, Colette E., Jhund, Pardeep S., McMurray, John J.V.   +4 more
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