Emergencies related to implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

SL Pinski - Critical care medicine, 2000 - journals.lww.com
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have become the dominant therapeutic
modality for patients with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. ICDs are implanted using …

Current status of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

MH Gollob, JJ Seger - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
Clinical trials have established the superiority of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator
(ICD) over antiarrhythmic drug therapy in survivors of sudden cardiac death and in high-risk …

Supraventricular arrhythmias in children and young adults with implantable cardioverter defibrillators

BA Love, KS Barrett, ME Alexander… - Journal of …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
SVT in Pediatric ICD Recipients. Introduction: Rapidly conducted supraventricular
tachycardias (SVTs) can lead to inappropriate device therapy in implantable cardioverter …

Cardiac rehabilitation in patientswith implantable defibrillators

W Kamke, C Dovifat, M Schranz… - Clinical Research in …, 2003 - search.proquest.com
Objective: We examined patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) in order to
demonstrate their safe participation in a standard rehabilitation program. Design …

Discrimination between ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia by dual chamber cardioverter defibrillators: importance of the atrial sensing function

CW Israel, G GRÖNEFELD, N Iscolo… - Pacing and Clinical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
ISRAEL, CW, et al.: Discrimination Between Ventricular and Supraventricular Tachycardia
by Dual Chamber Cardioverter Defibrillators: Importance of the Atrial Sensing Function …

Morphology discrimination criterion wavelet improves rhythm discrimination in single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: Spanish Register of morphology …

J Toquero, J Alzueta, L Mont, IF Lozano, A Barrera… - Europace, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Aims Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly being used for
treatment of ventricular tachycardia (VT)/fibrillation. Inappropriate therapy delivery remains …

Management of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators at emergency departments

CP Liu, YL Ho, YH Lin, YB Liu, WT Chang… - Emergency medicine …, 2007 - emj.bmj.com
Background: With rapid improvements in technology and accumulation of clinical evidence,
the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has become a standard treatment for either …

Rehabilitation of patients with implantable cardioverter/defibrillator: a literature review

NAM Hussein, MA Thomas - Acta cardiologica, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The implantable cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) has established superiority in reducing
mortality for survivors of cardiac arrest or patients at high risk for sudden death. However …

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator events in patients with asymptomatic nonsustained ventricular tachycardia: is device implantation justified?

AM Russo, H Nayak, R Verdino… - Pacing and clinical …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Primary prevention trials have demonstrated that patients with coronary disease, reduced
left ventricular function, and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) have improved …

Clinical competency statement: implantation and follow-up of cardioverter defibrillators.

AB Curtis, JJ Langberg… - Journal of Cardiovascular …, 2001 - search.ebscohost.com
Deals with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD), surgical instruments that are used for
the management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias. Overview of the procedure using …