Outpatient treatment with the wearable cardioverter defibrillator: clinical experience in two Dutch centres | Zendy

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Outpatient treatment with the wearable cardioverter defibrillator: clinical experience in two Dutch centres

Author(s) -

Abe Quast,

Vincent F. van Dijk,

Arthur A.M. Wilde,

Reinoud E. Knops,

Lucas V.A. Boersma

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

netherlands heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578

H-Index - 37

eISSN - 1876-6250

pISSN - 1568-5888

DOI - 10.1007/s12471-017-0957-4

Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , implant , sudden cardiac death , defibrillation , emergency medicine , cardiology , heart failure , surgery

The latest European Society of Cardiology Guidelines recommend consideration of a wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) for patients with a poor left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) who are at risk of sudden arrhythmic death but are not eligible for an implantable defibrillator. For these patients a WCD can be an alternative to long-term hospitalisation.

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