The PRAETORIAN trial showed that the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-ICD) is noninferior to transvenous ICD (TV-ICD) with respect device-related complications and inappropriate shocks in a conventional population. Nevertheless, type of underlying mechanism for differ between devices. Earlier studies have reported decrease quality life (QoL) patients or complications. It u...

Apatient with dilated cardiomyopathy and aborted sudden death was admitted for repeated shocks from his Guidant Ventak Prizm dual chamber implantable cardioverterdefibrillator (ICD). Interrogation of stored events over the last six months revealed 46 episodes at a rate of 140/min, interpreted as ventricular tachycardia (VT). These were usually interrupted by programmed overdrive ventricular pac...

BACKGROUND The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is an effective but expensive device. We used prospectively collected data from a large randomized clinical trial of secondary prevention of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias to determine the cost-effectiveness of the ICD compared with antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, largely with amiodarone. METHODS AND RESULTS Charges for ...

Background—The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is an effective but expensive device. We used prospectively collected data from a large randomized clinical trial of secondary prevention of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias to determine the cost-effectiveness of the ICD compared with antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, largely with amiodarone. Methods and Results—Charges for in...

AIMS Comorbidity, such as myocardial infarction, diabetes, and renal failure, plays a pivotal role in the prognosis of a patient with arrhythmias. However, data on the prognostic impact of comorbiditiy in heart failure patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy and defibrillation (CRT-D) are scarce. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of comorbidity on survival in CRT-D p...

OBJECTIVE To appraise the published evidence regarding the accuracy of external cause-of-injury codes in hospital records. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES Electronic databases searched included PubMed, PubMed Central, Medline, CINAHL, Academic Search Elite, Proquest Health and Medical Complete, and Google Scholar. Snowballing strategies were used by searching the bibliographies of re...

UNLABELLED The Web-based distress management program for patients with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD; WEBCARE) was developed to mitigate distress and enhance health-related quality of life in ICD patients. This study investigated the treatment effectiveness at 3-month follow-up for generic and disease-specific outcome measures. METHODS Consecutive patients implanted with a fi...