First inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy is often due to inaccurate device programming: analysis of the French OPERA registry

A Leenhardt, P Defaye, E Mouton, M Delay… - Europace, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Aims Inappropriate therapy delivered by implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs)
remains a challenge. The OPERA registry measured the times to, and studied the …

Association between prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and survival in patients with left ventricular ejection fraction between 30% and 35%

SM Al-Khatib, AS Hellkamp, GC Fonarow, DB Mark… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Clinical trials of prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have
included a minority of patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) between 30 …

Do traditional VT zones improve outcome in primary prevention ICD patients?

E Duncan, G Thomas, N Johns, C Pfeffer… - Pacing and clinical …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aims: We reviewed outcomes in our primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator
(ICD) population according to whether the device was programmed with a single ventricular …

Appropriate therapy but not inappropriate shocks predict survival in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients

W Dichtl, T Wolber, U Paoli, S Brüllmann… - Clinical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) shocks have been
linked to a worse clinical outcome due to direct myocardial injury. Hypothesis: The …

Appropriate and inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator interventions during secondary prevention

LBJ Van Der Velden, W Huybrechts… - Acta …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Background—ICD therapy is established therapy for secondary prevention after aborted
sudden death or ventricular tachycardia. Long-term data on the incidence of appropriate and …

The optimal timing of primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator referral in the rapidly changing medical landscape

JA Wong, JD Roberts, JS Healey - Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) significantly reduces the risk of
mortality in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Current …

How Well Do Results From Randomized Clinical Trials and/or Recommendations for Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillator Programming Diffuse Into Clinical Practice …

N Varma, P Jones, N Wold, E Cronin… - Journal of the American …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Inappropriate implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator programming can be
detrimental. Whether trials/recommendations informing best implantable cardioverter …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal strategies to reduce inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks

BE Fleeman, RG Aleong - The Journal of Innovations in Cardiac …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Since the widespread implementation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), their
effectiveness in various situations has become well-established. However, despite many …

Predictors of primary prevention implantable cardioverter‐defibrillator use in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: impact of the predicted risk of sudden cardiac …

B Schrage, LH Lund, L Benson… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Use of implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICD) for primary prevention of sudden
cardiac death (SCD) in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is limited. We …

Benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator generator replacement in a primary prevention population-based cohort

W Weng, J Sapp, S Doucette, C MacIntyre… - JACC: Clinical …, 2017 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study investigated the benefit of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
(ICD) generator replacement in patients who did not have an ongoing theoretical indication …