Background In recent years, indications for cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIEDs)
have broadened; however, budget constraints can significantly impact patient access to …

Aims The National Swedish Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
Registry collects prospective data on all pacemaker and ICD implants in Sweden. We aimed …

The most important challenge faced by human beings is health. The only way to provide
better solutions for health care is innovation, true innovation. The only source of true …

Aims During the COVID-19 pandemic, concern regarding its effect on the management of
non-communicable diseases has been raised. However, there are no data on the impact on …

Aims The rates of cardiac defibrillator implantation (ICD) in Europe and within countries are
heterogeneous. We examined the characteristics of ICD recipients and device implantation …

Objective A safety threshold for baseline rhythm R-wave amplitudes during follow-up of
implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) has not been established. We aimed to analyse …

Aims The benefit of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in patients at risk of sudden
death has been established in randomized clinical trials (RCTs) using the ICD models …

Introduction and objectives The use of cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) has
expanded in recent years. Infection related to these devices constitutes one of the main …

Abstract Introduction and objectives The Spanish Automatic Defibrillator Registry has
provided activity data since 2002. Methods The data in this registry are submitted by …

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is the most devastating complication in hypertrophic
cardiomyopathy (HCM). The implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) has proven to be …