Beyond sudden death prevention: Minimizing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks and morbidity and optimizing efficacy

Michael Glikson; David Luria; Osnat Gurevitz; Paul A. Friedman

doi:10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_56

Beyond sudden death prevention: Minimizing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks and morbidity and optimizing efficacy

Michael Glikson, David Luria, Osnat Gurevitz, Paul A. Friedman

Cardiovascular Medicine

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Implantable cardioverter Defibrillator shocks are the most effective way to immediately terminate life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Failed ICD shocks are rare with modern Defibrillators. Large database analysis reveals that less than 2% of appropriate ICD therapies fail to terminate ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF) episodes.1 Even among ICD recipients who die suddenly, device interrogation demonstrates ineffective shocks as the cause of death in only a minority of cases.2,3

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Electrical Diseases of the Heart
Subtitle of host publication	Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention
Publisher	Springer London
Pages	781-800
Number of pages	20
ISBN (Print)	9781846288531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-854-8_56
State	Published - 2008

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Beyond sudden death prevention: Minimizing implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks and morbidity and optimizing efficacy. / Glikson, Michael; Luria, David; Gurevitz, Osnat et al.
Electrical Diseases of the Heart: Genetics, Mechanisms, Treatment, Prevention. Springer London, 2008. p. 781-800.

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