Outcomes and costs of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death among the elderly.

Preventing sudden death: implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in elderly cardiac patients.

Much of the public was introduced to the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) when Vice President Cheney, a survivor of four heart attacks, received the device in 2001. Although ICDs were initially limited to patients with previous cardiac arrests or arrhythmias, more recent studies have demonstrated that ICDs can prevent sudden cardiac death in patients who have not had a cardiac arres...

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death: too little and too late?

Frequency and Determinants of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Deployment Among Primary Prevention Candidates With Subsequent Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the Community Kumar Narayanan, MD; Kyndaron Reinier, PhD; Audrey Uy-Evanado, MD; Carmen Teodorescu, MD, PhD; Harpriya Chugh, BS; Eloi Marijon, MD; Karen Gunson, MD; Jonathan Jui, MD, MPH; Sumeet S. Chugh, MD CME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Comparison of Inappropriate Shocks and Other Health Outcomes Between Single- and Dual-Chamber Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Results From the Cardiovascular Research Network Longitudinal Study of Im

Comparison of Inappropriate Shocks and Other Health Outcomes Between Single‐ and Dual‐Chamber Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators for Primary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Results From the Cardiovascular Research Network Longitudinal Study of Implantable Cardioverter‐Defibrillators

BACKGROUND In US clinical practice, many patients who undergo placement of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for primary prevention of sudden cardiac death receive dual-chamber devices. The superiority of dual-chamber over single-chamber devices in reducing the risk of inappropriate ICD shocks in clinical practice has not been established. The objective of this study was to compar...

Defibrillator implantation for the primary prevention of sudden death in patients awaiting cardiac transplantation: one center's experience.

Patients who are on a waiting list for cardiac transplantation often have a clinical profile that satisfies current recommendations for the implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for the primary prevention of sudden death. The prospect that transplantation may take place within the short-to-medium term puts the effectiveness of this therapy in doubt. We investigated the incid...