Chronic heart failure (CHF) and nutritional disorders are recognized as major challenges for
contemporary medicine. This study aims to estimate the role of nutritional disorders as risk …

For individuals and the society as a whole, the increased risk of sudden cardiac death in
obese patients is becoming a major challenge, especially since obesity prevalence has …

Aims Complications after cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) treatment, including
permanent pacemakers (PMs), cardiac resynchronization therapy devices with defibrillators …

Background: Obesity increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and heart failure (HF).
However, in patients with established HF, many studies observed greater survival with …

Background—Cardiac perforation is a feared complication of implantable cardioverter-
defibrillator (ICD) lead implantation because of the potential for significant morbidity and …

Background & aims Several large and long-term prospective studies have assessed the
association of body-mass index (BMI) next to age with the risk of death in the general …

Objectives The prognostic value of preimplantation nutritional status is not yet known for
older diabetic patients that received right ventricular pacing (RVP). The study aimed to …

Introduction The first step-down defibrillation studies in the subcutaneous implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) described a defibrillation threshold (DFT) of 32.5±17.0 J …

Background Evidence for the benefit of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) in
preventing sudden cardiac death (SCD) in older adults is mixed; age alone may not predict …

Background: Defibrillation testing is often performed to establish effective arrhythmia
termination, but predictors and consequences of an inadequate defibrillation safety margin …