Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in paediatric practice: a single-centre UK experience with focus on subcutaneous defibrillation

Sudden cardiac death (SCD) risk can be managed by implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD). Defibrillation shocks can be delivered via ICD generator and/or intracardiac or subcutaneous coil configurations. We present our single-centre use of childhood ICDs. Twenty-three patients had ICD implant...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Europace (London, England) England), 2013-04, Vol.15 (4), p.523-530
Hauptverfasser:	Griksaitis, Michael J, Rosengarten, James A, Gnanapragasam, James P, Haw, Marcus P, Morgan, John M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Age Factors Anti-Arrhythmia Agents - therapeutic use Arrhythmias, Cardiac - complications Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnosis Arrhythmias, Cardiac - mortality Arrhythmias, Cardiac - physiopathology Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy Child Child, Preschool Death, Sudden, Cardiac - etiology Death, Sudden, Cardiac - prevention & control Defibrillators, Implantable Electric Countershock - instrumentation Electric Countershock - methods Electric Countershock - mortality England Female Humans Infant Male Prosthesis Design Prosthesis Failure Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Time Factors Treatment Outcome
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