ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association …

Writing Committee Members, AE Epstein, JP DiMarco… - Circulation, 2008 - Am Heart Assoc
This revision of the “ACC/AHA/NASPE Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers
and Antiarrhythmia Devices” updates the previous versions published in 1984, 1991, 1998 …

Electrical storm in patients with an implanted defibrillator: a matter of definition

CW Israel, S Serge Barold - Annals of Noninvasive …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The term “electrical storm”(ES) indicates a state of cardiac electrical instability manifested by
several episodes of ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VTs) within a short time. In patients with an …

PACES/HRS expert consensus statement on the recognition and management of arrhythmias in adult congenital heart disease: developed in partnership between the …

P Khairy, GF Van Hare, S Balaji, CI Berul… - Heart …, 2014 - heartrhythmjournal.com
4. Delivery of care and ensuring access to care.............. e108 4.1. Recommendations for the
coordination and delivery of care for adults with CHD and arrhythmias …

2015 HRS/EHRA/APHRS/SOLAECE expert consensus statement on optimal implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming and testing

BL Wilkoff, L Fauchier, MK Stiles, CA Morillo… - EP …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is clearly an effective therapy for selected
patients in definable populations. The benefits and risks of ICD therapy are directly impacted …

2012 ACCF/AHA/HRS focused update incorporated into the ACCF/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for device-based therapy of cardiac rhythm abnormalities: a report of the …

AE Epstein, JP DiMarco, KA Ellenbogen… - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
The online-only Data Supplement is available with this article at http://circ. ahajournals.
org/lookup/suppl/doi: 10.1161/CIR. 0b013e318276ce9b/-/DC1. The online-only …

Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks in MADIT II: frequency, mechanisms, predictors, and survival impact

JP Daubert, W Zareba, DS Cannom, S McNitt… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: This study sought to identify the incidence and outcome related to inappropriate
implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks, that is, those for nonventricular …

Strategic programming of detection and therapy parameters in implantable cardioverter-defibrillators reduces shocks in primary prevention patients: results from the …

BL Wilkoff, BD Williamson, RS Stern, SL Moore… - Journal of the American …, 2008 - jacc.org
Objectives: Our purpose was to demonstrate that strategically chosen implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) …

Long-term clinical outcomes of subcutaneous versus transvenous implantable defibrillator therapy

TF Brouwer, D Yilmaz, R Lindeboom, MS Buiten… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (TV-ICDs) improve survival
in patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, but complications remain an important …

HRS/ACC/AHA expert consensus statement on the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients who are not included or not well represented in …

FM Kusumoto, H Calkins, J Boehmer, AE Buxton… - Circulation, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has emerged as an important treatment
option for selected patients who are at risk of sudden cardiac death. Randomized trials have …

Educational and psychological interventions to improve outcomes for recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators and their families: a scientific statement from …

SB Dunbar, CM Dougherty, SF Sears, DL Carroll… - Circulation, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Significant mortality benefits have been documented in recipients of implantable
cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs); however, the psychosocial distress created by the …