Clinical assessment and management of patients with implanted cardioverter-defibrillators presenting to nonelectrophysiologists.
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Abstract
All physicians increasingly will encounter patients who have implanted cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) for protection from ventricular arrhythmias. This advisory provides a concise summary relevant to the assessment and management of patients with ICDs, including those who present to primary care or emergency department physicians with symptoms suggesting arrhythmia or ICD malfunction and those who require cardiac or surgical procedures.
Medical subject headings
- Defibrillators, Implantable
- Electric Countershock
- Tachycardia, Ventricular
- Ventricular Fibrillation