Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series

Sudden cardiac death is the final event caused in several cases by ventricular arrhythmias. Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have been the standard therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. The most frequent complications associated with TV-ICD is related to intracavitar...

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Main Authors: Viveka Kumar, Sangeeta Dhir, Vanita Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X22000147
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description Sudden cardiac death is the final event caused in several cases by ventricular arrhythmias. Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have been the standard therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. The most frequent complications associated with TV-ICD is related to intracavitary electrodes. S-ICD has been developed as an alternative system. Novel S-ICD device in prevention of SCA was implanted in 8 patients with an average follow up period of 2.5 years. Bleeding and inappropriate shock was reported in one patient. Appropriate shock for ventricular tachycardia was observed in 5 patients. There was no death reported in any of the patients.
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spelling doaj.art-769452a33e824e24b83bfd820450316a2022-12-22T03:25:33ZengElsevierIHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports2468-600X2022-04-01625962Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case seriesViveka Kumar0Sangeeta Dhir1Vanita Arora2Corresponding author. 2 Press enclave Road, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India.; Department of Cardiology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Cardiology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Cardiology, Max Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaSudden cardiac death is the final event caused in several cases by ventricular arrhythmias. Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators have been the standard therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. The most frequent complications associated with TV-ICD is related to intracavitary electrodes. S-ICD has been developed as an alternative system. Novel S-ICD device in prevention of SCA was implanted in 8 patients with an average follow up period of 2.5 years. Bleeding and inappropriate shock was reported in one patient. Appropriate shock for ventricular tachycardia was observed in 5 patients. There was no death reported in any of the patients.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468600X22000147S-ICDSCASudden cardiac deathSubcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillatorEfficacy
spellingShingle Viveka Kumar
Sangeeta Dhir
Vanita Arora
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
IHJ Cardiovascular Case Reports
S-ICD
SCA
Sudden cardiac death
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Efficacy
title Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
title_full Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
title_fullStr Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
title_full_unstemmed Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
title_short Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (SICD) for sudden cardiac death - A case series
title_sort subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator sicd for sudden cardiac death a case series
topic S-ICD
SCA
Sudden cardiac death
Subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Efficacy
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