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When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion?

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Al-Khatib, SM; Friedman, DJ; Sanders, GD
Published in: Card Electrophysiol Clin
March 2018

The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a life-saving therapy in various patient populations. Although data on the outcomes of initial ICD implants are abundant, data on ICD replacements, especially in patients with improved left ventricular (LV) function, are scarce. Therefore, it is not known when it is safe to not replace an ICD that has reached the end of battery life. This article reviews data on patients with primary prevention ICDs who have improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction during follow-up and provides some guidance, based on the available evidence, related to circumstances when replacement of an ICD may be forgone.

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Published In

Card Electrophysiol Clin

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EISSN

1877-9190

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

10

Issue

1

Start / End Page

137 / 144

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Primary Prevention
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
 

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Al-Khatib, S. M., Friedman, D. J., & Sanders, G. D. (2018). When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion? Card Electrophysiol Clin, 10(1), 137–144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2017.11.014
Al-Khatib, Sana M., Daniel J. Friedman, and Gillian D. Sanders. “When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion?Card Electrophysiol Clin 10, no. 1 (March 2018): 137–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccep.2017.11.014.
Al-Khatib SM, Friedman DJ, Sanders GD. When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion? Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2018 Mar;10(1):137–44.
Al-Khatib, Sana M., et al. “When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion?Card Electrophysiol Clin, vol. 10, no. 1, Mar. 2018, pp. 137–44. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ccep.2017.11.014.
Al-Khatib SM, Friedman DJ, Sanders GD. When Is It Safe Not to Reimplant an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator at the Time of Battery Depletion? Card Electrophysiol Clin. 2018 Mar;10(1):137–144.
Journal cover image

Published In

Card Electrophysiol Clin

DOI

EISSN

1877-9190

Publication Date

March 2018

Volume

10

Issue

1

Start / End Page

137 / 144

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Risk Factors
  • Primary Prevention
  • Humans
  • Heart Failure
  • Electric Power Supplies
  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Death, Sudden, Cardiac
  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology