Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety in patients with an epicardial cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) is uncertain. To assess the and adverse effects of MRI who had surgically implanted CIED. Patients CIEDs underwent between January 2008 2021 were prospectively studied two clinical centers. All close monitoring through procedures. Outcomes compared CIED group matched transvenous g...

Lipomas are hamartomas of adipose tissue that can be found in various anatomical locations. Herein we describe 3 cases de-novo lipomata formation over implanted defibrillators, characterize their incidence and speculate on possible mechanisms for development.

There has been great controversy related to performance of magnetic resonance imaging in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators. Recent questions have been raised regarding whether contraindications are absolute or relative. Although there are theoretical as well as documented issues relating to device malfunction, data suggest that scanning patients with devices may be...

BACKGROUND After the East Japan Earthquake disaster there may have been a deterioration of patients with cardiovascular diseases. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the data from 189 consecutive patients implanted with cardiovascular devices for the 6-month period before and after the Earthquake. In 170 patients with defibrillators, the number who experienced tachyarrhythmias increased significa...

A usability test was conducted of two different manual defibrillators regularly used in the prehospital setting by emergency medical personnel. The purpose of the study was to demonstrate that design attention is needed to make manual defibrillators more error resistant and less hazardous to patient safety. Fourteen paramedics performed four tasks in a “laboratory” environment that included a c...

British Journal of General Practice, February 2014 107 IntroduCtIon Every year approximately 40 000 pacemakers and defibrillators are implanted in the UK amounting to one new implanted device per GP.1 Placements of pacemakers or implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have become routine procedures and are generally associated with low complication rates. One of the most endangering comp...

Public training in the use of automated external defibrillators to treat out-of-hospital cardiac arrests has been receiving increased attention. The implementation of public access defibrillation programs has been the most significant intervention to improve survival in decades. Dramatic success came when we placed automated external defibrillators in the hands of the public to be utilized with...

I mplantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are standard treatment for both secondary and primary prevention in patients with malignant ventricular arrhythmias. 2 Inappropriate shock therapy (IST) occurs in a significant proportion of ICD patients, despite newer generation devices and algorithms specifically employed to try and eliminate this. The frequency of IST in patients implanted with...