Introduction: Metallic artifacts due to pacemaker/ implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) leads in CT images can produce artifactual uptake in cardiac SPECT/CT images. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of the metallic artifacts due to pacemaker and ICD leads on myocardial SPECT/CT imaging. Methods: The study included 9 patients wh...

Introduction The subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) is a safe and effective treatment for prevention of sudden cardiac death. It is typically not used in patients who require additional therapies conferred by transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (TV-ICD) systems, such as bradycardia pacing or antitachycardia pacing (ATP) for ventricular tachycardia (VT). D...

Recently Cederbaum et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 79, 4778 (1997)]] predicted a new decay channel of excited atoms and molecules termed interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD). In ICD the deexcitation energy is transferred via virtual photon exchange to a neighboring atom, which releases it by electron emission. We report on an experimental observation of ICD in 2s ionized neon dimers. The process is unamb...

Introduction: Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) in patients exposed to the risk of lethal malignant ventricular arrhythmia proved to be the most effective method for preventing sudden cardiac death. The remaining problem is the tolerance of painful ICD discharges and patients’ quality of life (QOL). The results of the study on quality of life after implantation of an ICD were unequi...

Background.  The optimum approach for infectious complication surveillance for cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) procedures is unclear. We created an automated surveillance tool for infectious complications after CIED procedures. Methods.  Adults having CIED procedures between January 1, 2005 and December 31, 2011 at Duke University Hospital were identified retrospectively using Inte...

AIMS Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure are conditions that often coexist. Consequently, many patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) present with AF. We evaluated the effectiveness of internal cardioversion of AF in patients with an ICD. METHODS Retrospectively, we included 27 consecutive ICD patients with persistent AF who underwent internal cardioversion using...

A class of novel spatial relation, internal cardinal direction (ICD) relation, is introduced and discussed. Applying ICD-9 model, the characteristics and the simplification rule of ICD relations are discussed at first. Then the ICD related qualitative spatial reasoning is discussed in a formal way. Four composition cases are presented. They are 1) composing two nesting ICD relations and composi...

We hypothesized that a novel hybrid management strategy combines VT ablation (VTabl) for the prevention of slow recurrence, with subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) placement termination faster life-threatening VT/VF, will reduce need lower-rate therapies by transvenous (TV-ICD) programmed to terminate any (including clinical VT).

Abstract Introduction The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) has been demonstrated to successfully prevent sudden cardiac death in children and young adults. A wide range of device-related complications/malfunctions have described, which depend on the intrinsic design defibrillation system [Transvenous (TV-ICD) vs Subcutaneous (S-ICD)]. Objective To compare complications inappropriate...