BACKGROUND The Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial-Reduce Inappropriate therapy (MADIT-RIT) trial showed a significant reduction in inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy in patients programmed to high-rate cut-off (Arm B) or delayed ventricular tachycardia therapy (Arm C), compared with conventional programming (Arm A). There is limited data on th...

BACKGROUND Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) improve survival in selected patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in randomized trials. Competing death without prior appropriate ICD therapy might preclude benefit from ICD implantation in a less selected routine-care population. METHODS AND RESULTS We selected all patients with ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy with a...

background: although implantable cardioverter defibrillator (icd) saves the life of patients with life-threatening ventricular dysrhythmias, it causes various challenges in their life span. considering the increase in the number of icd users, more knowledge is required regarding changes in the patients’ life after device implantation. the aim of this study was description of changes in daily li...

A szubkután ICD (S-ICD) a hagyományos transzvénás (TV-ICD) hátrányainak kiküszöbölése céljából került kifejlesztésre. 2009-ben történt bevezetése óta eltelt évek alatt számos klinikai tanulmány igazolta az S-ICD-rendszer hatékonyságát és biztonságosságát. Ezen vizsgálatok eredményei alapján ma már mind európai amerikai ajánlásokban helyet kaptak S-ICD alkalmazásának irányvonalai. Időközben felé...

Background—Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) improve survival in selected patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in randomized trials. Competing death without prior appropriate ICD therapy might preclude benefit from ICD implantation in a less selected routine-care population. Methods and Results—We selected all patients with ischemic or dilated cardiomyopathy with an ...

background: our previous in vivo studies confirmed that icd-85, as an anticancer agent, was able to prevent further growth of breast tumors and expand the life expectancy of mice with breast cancer. methods: blood collection was carried out before, 1, 3, and 6 hours after icd-85 injection. sera were used to determinate the cardio and hepatic enzymes levels, including alt, ast, ldh, cpk, and ck-...

Introduction: Venoms are a mixture of proteins and peptides which can be used for fighting cancers. They can affect the exposed fibers and the muscles directly or through motor nerves, causing neuromuscular intoxication. ICD-85 is a combination of three poly-peptides derived from the venoms of an Iranian brown snake and a yellow scorpion. Materials and Methods...

background: psychological problems such as depression constitute a dilemma that patients with the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (icd) usually encounter and may impact their quality of life. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of depression among adults with the icd and the relationship between depression and associated factors.    methods: totally, 115 individuals ...

BACKGROUND With the introduction of ICD-10 throughout Canada, it is important to ensure that Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) comorbidities employed in risk adjustment methods remain valid and robust. Therefore, we developed ICD-10 coding algorithms for nine AMI comorbidities, examined the validity of the ICD-10 and ICD-9 coding algorithms in detection of these comorbidities, and assessed thei...