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: 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 wit...

the usage of implantable cardiac defibrillator (icd) since 1980s is becoming more popular these days. the rate of both, endocarditis and constrictive pericarditis are low but it still needs attention. we are reporting a rare case of icd endocarditis as a result of toe infection in a diabetic patient. this was followed by infectious pericarditis after device removal by open heart surgery and the...

objective: to determine the type and pattern of arrhythmic events following the 2012 ahar-varzegan earthquake among patients implanted with cardiac defibrillators (icds) in east azarbaijan province. methods: in a prospective cohort study, conducted in east azerbaijan province of iran, 132 patients were enrolled in two comparison groups according to the region of residence i.e., earthquake regio...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE All internal defibrillators and some external defibrillators use biphasic waveforms. The study analysed the discharged waveform pulses of two manual and two semi-automated biphasic external defibrillators. METHODS AND RESULTS The defibrillators were discharged into resistive loads of 25, 50 and 100 Omega simulating the patient's transthoracic impedance. The tested bip...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the availability and accessibility of community automated external defibrillators in a territory in Hong Kong. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Two public hospitals in New Territories West Cluster in Hong Kong. PARTICIPANTS Information about the locations of community automated external defibrillators was obtained from automated external defibrillator suppliers ...

Heart failure is a progressive disease with significant morbidity and mortality, but prognostication often is difficult. Many of the evidence-based therapies for heart failure provide symptomatic benefit, but may have intolerable side effects for patients with advanced disease. At the end of life, there is evidence of varying strengths for pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic relief of common sym...

Psychological distress is common in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and has been associated with a worse prognosis. The authors examined whether spiritual wellbeing is associated with reduced psychological distress in patients with ICDs. The Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Wellbeing (FACIT-SWB) questionnare and the Hospital Anxiety and Dep...