Programming ICDs in the modern era beyond out‐of‐the box settings

F Mansour, P Khairy - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Implantable cardioverter‐defibrillators (ICDs) improve survival when used as primary or
secondary prevention therapy in patients with a broad spectrum of disorders associated with …

ICD programming to reduce shocks and improve outcomes

V Kutyifa, W Zareba, AJ Moss - Current cardiology reports, 2014 - Springer
Despite the clinical benefit of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), there is a high
frequency of inappropriate ICD therapy associated with impaired quality of life, unwanted …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Trends in implantable cardioverter-defibrillator programming practices and its impact on therapies: Insights from a North American Remote Monitoring …

MT Bennett, ML Brown, J Koehler, DR Lexcen… - Heart Rhythm, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Recent evidence has revealed the utility of prolonged arrhythmia detection
duration and increased rate cutoff to reduce implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) …

Tools and strategies for the reduction of inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks

S Tzeis, G Andrikopoulos, C Kolb, PE Vardas - Europace, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been shown to provide a survival benefit
in patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death. A major problem associated with ICD …

Optimal programming of implantable cardiac-defibrillators

M Madhavan, PA Friedman - Circulation, 2013 - Am Heart Assoc
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) reduce sudden cardiac death risk and improve
survival in patients with a history of life-threatening arrhythmia or cardiac arrest (secondary …

Programming implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy zones to high ranges to prevent delivery of inappropriate device therapies in patients with primary …

S Cay, U Canpolat, F Ucar, O Ozeke, F Ozcan… - The American Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Inappropriate shock is a frequently seen clinical problem despite advanced technologies
used in modern implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) devices. Our aim was to …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction in inappropriate therapy and mortality through ICD programming

AJ Moss, C Schuger, CA Beck, MW Brown… - … England Journal of …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) is highly effective in reducing
mortality among patients at risk for fatal arrhythmias, but inappropriate ICD activations are …

Causes and prevention of inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks

N Kulkarni, MS Link - Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, 2018 - cardiacep.theclinics.com
The use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) as a primary prevention therapy has
been shown to reduce mortality in patients after cardiac arrest and also with left ventricular …

Minimizing inappropriate or “unnecessary” implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks: appropriate programming

JN Koneru, CD Swerdlow, MA Wood… - Circulation: Arrhythmia …, 2011 - Am Heart Assoc
Life-saving shocks are the raisons d'être of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs).
Paradoxically, shocks also cause much of the morbidity associated with ICDs. Consistently …