Multiple implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) shocks can impair a patient's quality of life, and the long-term prognosis associated with shocks remains undefined. In 2008, two published ...

Using the BSI test we found that the distress profiles of both ICD-recall affected and nonaffected patient groups were more or less normal; the mean values were within the normal range for all ...

Methods: The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was queried to identify PM and ICD patients between 1993 and 2006 using ICD-9-CM codes, including demographics, health profile, and economic data.

Thus, individuals with chronic conditions such as lipedema deserve differentiated support to ensure equitable access to necessary treatments. The law 8.080/1990, regulating the Unified Health System ...

Specific risk factors The findings showed that people with ICD are more prone to overt and covert suicidal behavior, pointed to correlations between the two kinds of behavior, and identified ...

The findings showed that about 6% of patients with advanced cancer also had ICDs. However, significantly more of the ICD patients received aggressive care during the last month of their lives ...

AtaCor Medical launched its clinical study evaluating its extravascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator (EV-ICD) lead ...