Survival After Shock Therapy in Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy-Defibrillator Recipients According to Rhythm Shocked The ALTITUDE Survival by Rhythm Study Brian D. Powell, MD,* Leslie A. Saxon, MD,y John P. Boehmer, MD,z John D. Day, MD,x F. Roosevelt Gilliam III, MD,k Paul A. Heidenreich, MD, MS,{ Paul W. Jones, MS,# Matthew J. Rousseau, MS,# David ...

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Background New resuscitation guidelines were published in October 2010. These recommend use of pads instead of paddles and recommend that CPR is continued during charging of the defibrillator. The aim of our study was to investigate the difference in time spent until delivery of the first and second shock using pads versus paddles, and to assess the rescuers subjective feeling of safety when co...

Introduction A subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) is now being used as an alternative to a transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (TV-ICD). Because the location of the device in the body differs between S-ICD and TV-ICD, ICD-related complications need to be managed in a device-specific manner. Therefore, therapeutic strategies for infected wounds may differ ...