Results 251 to 260 of about 34,514 (296)

Implantation of the Automatic Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Journal of Cardiac Surgery, 1988
Since February 1980 the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator has been implanted in over 1,500 patients. Sudden death rates have been reduced to 2%-4% annually. This report reviews the implantation techniques, their indications, and our clinical experience in 200 patients.
L, Watkins, T, Guarnieri, L S, Griffith, J H, Levine, E P, Veltri, J M, Juanteguy, M, Mower, M, Mirowski   +7 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator advances

Current Opinion in Cardiology, 1996
Significant advances in the basic science of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy have led to improvements in defibrillation waveforms and in capacitor technology. Nonthoracotomy devices with biphasic waveforms can be implanted with a near 100% success rate.
R D, Lerman, D S, Cannom
openaire   +2 more sources

Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators in Children

Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2008
Implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICD) in adults have shown to be safe and effective for both primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD). In children and patients with congenital heart disease prospective trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of these devices are still lacking.
openaire   +2 more sources

A Prophylactic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator?

The American Journal of Cardiology, 1996
Antiarrhythmic drugs have systematically failed to improve--or have even worsened prognosis--when given prophylactically to "high-risk" patients without previous spontaneous sustained ventricular arrhythmias. In patients who have had > or = 1 episode(s) of near sudden cardiac death or sustained ventricular arrhythmias, randomized studies against ...
P, Brugada, F, Wellens, E, Andries
openaire   +2 more sources

Use of Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Future Cardiology, 2010
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is the most effective treatment for patients with life-threatening ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation not due to reversible causes. The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association class I and IIa indications for an ICD are discussed.
openaire   +2 more sources

The patient with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator

Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 2003
Electrophysiologic technology developed over the past 20 years has improved the life expectancy of patients who have survived sudden cardiac death events. Use of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) continues to increase as more indications for the device are researched.
openaire   +2 more sources

Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1994
The AICD represents a major technologic advance for patients with life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in whom drug or surgical therapy is unsuccessful. A significant reduction in mortality in these patients is seen with AICD use. As the device becomes more widely available and more centers in the country become adept in its implantation and ...
D W, Munter, W A, DeLacey
openaire   +2 more sources

The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Cardiology in Review, 2016
The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) is a subcutaneous alternative to conventional transvenous ICD (TV-ICD) systems, which have previously been shown to treat life-threatening ventricular tachyarrhythmias in cardiac disease patients.
Daniel, Mangels, William H, Frishman
openaire   +2 more sources

Exploding Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2001
Exploding Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator. A 79‐year‐old man with a pectoral implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) system underwent periodic defibrillation threshold testing 18 months after implant. Attempted delivery of a 15‐J shock caused a light flash above the pocket and a loud “pop.” High‐voltage lead impedance was < 20 Ω. Pocket
openaire   +2 more sources

The implantable cardioverter–defibrillator: An update

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2015
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) provides life-saving therapy to prevent sudden cardiac death. ICDs have been implanted in millions of patients worldwide since the first human implant in 1980. Clinical trials have helped establish guidelines for ICD implantation in primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death.
Jared D, Miller, Omair, Yousuf, Ronald D, Berger   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources