Le defibrillateur implantable. Mise au point. [Implantable defibrillator. Update]

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serval:BIB_07EE2A205B21
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
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Publications
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Title
Le defibrillateur implantable. Mise au point. [Implantable defibrillator. Update]
Journal
Revue Medicale de la Suisse Romande
Author(s)
Maury  P., Schlapfer  J., Metzger  J., Delacretaz  E., Fromer  M., Kappenberger  L.
ISSN
0035-3655 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
04/2001
Volume
121
Number
4
Pages
319-25
Notes
English Abstract
Journal Article
Review --- Old month value: Apr
Abstract
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is a device able to detect and efficiently treat life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. Its decisive accomplishment in reducing sudden cardiac death and total cardiac mortality, opposed to the insufficient reliability of the traditional therapies explains its present ascendancy. In this review, the working principles and the implant techniques are developed, as well as the complications and the usual problems which could be encountered in implanted patients. Finally, the current indications are discussed in the light of recent clinical trials.
Keywords
Arrhythmia/complications/*diagnosis/mortality/*therapy Death, Sudden, Cardiac/prevention & control *Defibrillators, Implantable/adverse effects/standards/supply & distribution Electrocardiography Humans Patient Selection Sensitivity and Specificity Treatment Outcome
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