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AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER—DEFIBRILLATOR (AICD)
Author(s) -
丹羽 均
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1989.tb01984.x
Subject(s) - medicine , implantable cardioverter defibrillator , citation , cardiology , library science , computer science
An automatic impUntablc cardioverter defibrillator {AICD) was implanted in 40 patients (pts) with ventricular tachycardia or aborted sudden death (ASD). Indications for AICD use included amiodarone (Amio) failure {N=10) and Amio toxicity (N=16). Each AICD pi was matched lo 2 coniiols (C) for similar Amio experience and usage, age, ejection fraction (EF), heart disea.^c and arrhythmia. Amio was given to 34 pis before AICD and 17 after. Both groups had similar EF (31 ±11.5, mean±SD), age (59±13yr) and proportion with ischemic heart disease (75%). In the first 25 mo there were no AICD sudden deaths and 4 in the C group. There have been a total of iO and 20 deaths in the AICD and C groups respectively. The cumulative probability of survival is shown: