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PO-02-168 EVALUATION OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR ALGORITHM ACCURACY IN DIFFERENTIATING SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA FROM ATRIAL FIBRILLATION.

HeartRhythm

For the past four decades, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy has become the standard of care for preventing sudden cardiac death in high-risk individuals. The rate of ICD implantation has risen due to the increasing population age and the growing prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias.

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Incidental Arrhythmias During Atrial Fibrillation Screening With Repeat 7?Day Holter ECGs in a Hospital?Based Patient Population

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundScreening for atrial fibrillation (AF) may reveal incidental arrhythmias of relevance. We furthermore report treatment decisions because of incidental arrhythmias. We found incidental arrhythmias in 94 patients (11.8%). Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. of our cohort patients.

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Expanded application of wearable cardioverter defibrillators beyond current guidelines: proposal for a European register explained through single clinical scenarios

Open Heart

The wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is becoming a more and more widely used instrument for the prevention of sudden cardiac death of patients either with a secondary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillator indication or with a transient high risk of sudden cardiac death.

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UC San Diego Health First in Region to Implant Dual Chamber, Leadless Pacemaker

DAIC

The most common arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation , will affect approximately 12.1 Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are the standard of care to regulate a patient’s irregular heartbeat. UC San Diego Health implanted the pacemaker system in the first patient in February 2024. “To

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The Future of Single Chamber ICDs: BIOTRONIK Takes Unprecedented Market Stance with Proprietary DX Technology

DAIC

“Therefore, we have made the decision to offer only DX technology for new patients needing a single-chamber ICD, providing equivalent therapies along with additional atrial monitoring data, as recommended by current guidelines.” For more information: [link] References: Thomas G, Choi DY, Doppalapudi H, et al. Margolis G, et al.

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Prior history of atrial fibrillation and arrhythmic outcomes: Data from the WEARIT?II prospective registry

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

Abstract Introduction Wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) is utilized in patients with assumed but not yet confirmed risk for sudden cardiac death (SCD). Many of these patients also present with atrial fibrillation (AF). events per 100 patient-years vs. 74.8 events per 100 patient-years, p  < .001).

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What is strange about this paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in an otherwise healthy patient? And what happened after giving ibutilide?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Her Apple Watch suddenly told her that she is in atrial fibrillation. Patients with healthy AV nodes who are not on AV nodal blockers and who are not hyperkalemic should have a rapid ventricular response if they have paroxysmal Atrial fibrillation. Exam was completely normal except for an irregular heart rate.