Current guidelines for implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy in heart failure patients were established by multiple device trials; however, very few geriatric patients (patients ≥ 65 years old) were included in these studies. This article explores the controversies of ICD implantation in the geriatric population, management of delivered ICD therapy in this age group, and the end ...

OBJECTIVES This study investigated whether patients with patent foramen ovale (PFO) have an increased risk of stroke due to permanent pacemaker (PPM)/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. BACKGROUND Data are lacking on the risk of stroke in patients with PFO and implantable intracardiac devices, either a PPM or an ICD. We investigated whether patients with PFO have increa...

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) associated with current implantable cardioverter–defibrillator (ICD) generators and leads are less prone to long-term failure. Thus, it has been suggested that routine post-ICD replacement interrogation of the device may not be necessary. We present the case of a patient who underwent ICD replacement during which therapies were inadvertently not turned off, wh...

BACKGROUND Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (TV-ICDs) improve survival in patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, but complications remain an important drawback. The subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) was developed to overcome lead-related complications. Comparison of clinical outcomes of both device types in previous studies was hampered by dissimilar patient characteristics. OBJ...

Despite the indisputable mortality advantages of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), no consensus exists regarding their impact on quality of life (QoL). This systematic review investigates differences in QoL between patients with ICDs and controls. We systematically searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane, Web of Science, and PsychINFO databases. Articles were included if they were ...

Solutions that aim to reduce water production in heavy oil wells have led the design of devices known as rate-controlled (RCP) autonomous inflow-control device (AICD) valves, which are placed well completions and autonomously open with inflow close by choking flow. These devices, based on Bernoulli’s principle, use a levitating disk chokes flow phase lowest resistance. This study proposes numer...

While transvenous defibrillator electrode placement avoiding a thoracotomy is preferable, electrode size, a large intercoil spacing, and the need for subclavicular device placement preclude this approach in most children. We investigated a single RV coil to an abdominally placed active can ICD device. Five children ages 8-16 years (weight 21-50 kg, mean 35 kg) underwent ICD placement. Placement...

Background. Emerging evidence suggests that nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is associated with coronary artery diseases and arrhythmias. The FibroScan (Echosens, France), a widely available, noninvasive device, is able to detect liver fibrosis and steatosis within this patient population. However, the FibroScan is currently contraindicated in patients with cardiac pacemakers (PM) or im...

are now being widely proposed as definitive antiarrhythmic therapy in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT) or ventricular fibrillation (VF) and in survivors of cardiac arrest. This approach has been recommended as a first line of treatment in sudden death victims.' Like other therapeutic cardiovascular procedures that have evolved in the last 15 years, application in early clini...

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) includes any electromagnetic field signal that can be detected by device circuitry, with potentially serious consequences: incorrect sensing, pacing, device mode switching, and defibrillation. This is a unique case of extracardiac EMI by alternating current leakage from a submerged motor used to recycle chlorinated water, resulting in false rhythm detection an...