OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of gender and age on defibrillator lead failure and patient mortality. BACKGROUND The specific influences of gender and age on defibrillator lead failure have not previously been investigated. METHODS This study analyzed the differences in gender and age in relation to defibrillator lead failure and mortality of patients...

There has been a significant increase in the number of patients receiving cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIED) over the last two decades. CIED infection represents a serious complication after CIED implantation and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, newly advanced technologies have offered attractive and suitable therapeutic alternatives. Notably, ...

situation resembling most electrophysiological studies. One other factor in favour of subpectoral automatic cardioverter/defibrillator implantation under local anaesthesia is the reduced complexity of the implant procedure, whereby the procedure-related risk for the patients is reduced, since the complication rate during a pacemaker-like approach of automatic cardioverter/ defibrillator implant...

Citation: Disertori M, Masè M, Rigoni M, Nollo G, Arbustini E and Ravelli F (2017) Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Dilated Cardiomyopathy after the DANISH-Trial Lesson. A Poly-Parametric Risk Evaluation Is Needed to Improve the Selection of Patients. Front. Physiol. 8:873. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00873 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator in Dilated Cardiomyopathy after the DANISH-T...

Sudden cardiac deaths, which account for approximately 350 000 deaths each year, is a major health care problem. Antiarrhythmic drugs have not been reliable in preventing sudden cardiac death. Although β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors, and revascularization play a role in prevention of sudden cardiac death, the development and subsequent refinement of the implantable cardiov...

McNitt S, Andrews ML, Elkin AD. Long-term clinical course of patients after termination of ventricular tachyarrhythmia by an implanted defibrillator. Circulation 2004;110:3760–3765. 22. Poole JE, Johnson GW, Hellkamp AS, Anderson J, Callans DJ, Raitt MH, Reddy RK, Marchlinski FE, Yee R, Guarnieri T, Talajic M, Wilber DJ, Fishbein DP, Packer DL, Mark DB, Lee KL, Bardy GH. Prognostic importance o...

ICD shocks can result from a variety of etiologies; determining the proper etiology of the inappropriate shock is essential for correction of the problem. Electromagnetic interference (EMI) can mimic cardiac signals and cause inappropriate defibrillator shocks. We present two cases of inappropriate ICD shocks due to EMI and reversal of the proximal and distal DF-1 lead terminals of the ICD lead...

We welcome this letter to the editor in reaction to our article ‘A fatal combination of situs inversus, pregnancy and cardiac arrest treated with an automated external defibrillator’. The author correctly points out the importance of left lateral tilt and early perimortem delivery of the foetus via Caesarean section. As the length of a Rhythm Puzzle is limited, the scope of our article was rest...