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Implantable Cardioverter|Defibrillator Shocks


Learning About ICD Shocks - MyHealth Alberta

What are ICDs and ICD shocks? An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a device that is placed under the skin of your chest. It has one or two ...

FAQ: Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators - UCSF Health

What happens if someone touches me while I get an ICD shock? ... Nothing will happen to them. A shock from an implantable cardioverter defibrillator is less ...

How to Respond to an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shock

The purpose of this article is to review patient and family preparations and responses to ICD shock to limit its impact on quality of life.

The Significance of Shocks in Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ...

It is clear that there is a strong and consistent association between increased mortality and both inappropriate and appropriate shocks.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) - Mayo Clinic

An ICD continuously checks the heartbeat. It delivers electric shocks, when needed, to restore a regular heart rhythm.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (Beyond the Basics) - UpToDate

An ICD is a battery-powered device that constantly monitors the heart rhythm and delivers a shock if the rate becomes very fast.

Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks - JAMA Network

This article reviews ICD therapies (shocks and antitachycardia pacing [ATP]), their effects on health outcomes, and current methods at attempting to reduce ...

Management of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator patients with ...

Management of patients with appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shock consists of 3 steps, which can be summarized as the ToVAMI treatment ...

Low rates of inappropriate shocks in contemporary real-world ...

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) implantation remains the mainstay of sudden cardiac death (SCD) prevention in high-risk ...

Management of patients receiving implantable cardiac defibrillator ...

Patients who received shock therapies should be subjected to a careful assessment of their clinical status and device function. ICD shocks are a ...

Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks

The current study demonstrates that in an ICD patient cohort, outside the setting of a clinical trial, inappropriate shocks occur in 13% of ICD recipients, ...

Minimizing Inappropriate or “Unnecessary” Implantable Cardioverter ...

ICDs should deliver the fewest shocks necessary to protect patients from ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF).

Prognostic Importance of Defibrillator Shocks in Patients with Heart ...

Patients with heart failure who receive an implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention (i.e., prevention of a first ...

Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks in MADIT II

Inappropriate ICD shocks occurred commonly in the MADIT II study, and were associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality.

Evaluation and Management of Patients After Implantable ...

... Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) Shocks. View LargeDownload · Image description not available. Table 1. Sample Implantable ...

Psychological effects of implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks ...

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) saves lives but clinical experience suggests that it may have detrimental effects on mental health.

Survival After Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks

The aim of this study was to determine whether the arrhythmic substrate leading to ICD therapy or the therapy itself increases mortality.

ICD Shocks : What you need to know - Sudden Cardiac Arrest UK

Learn about the different types of shocks that can be delivered by an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), including appropriate shocks, ...

Inappropriate Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Shocks

The current study demonstrates that in an ICD patient cohort, outside the setting of a clinical trial, inappropriate shocks occur in 13% of ICD recipients, ...

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD)

If that does not work, the ICD “shocks” the heart to restore a normal rhythm. Newer ICD devices can also work like a pacemaker if a slow heart rate (bradycardia) ...