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Gentle defibrillation for the heart

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Using light pulses as a model for electrical defibrillation, scientists developed a method to assess and modulate the heart function. The research team has thus paved the way for an efficient and direct treatment for cardiac arrhythmias. This may be an alternative for the strong and painful electrical shocks currently used.

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Injectable hydrogel electrodes open door to a novel painless treatment regimen for arrhythmia

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Biomedical engineers set the foundation for a ground-breaking treatment regimen for treating ventricular arrhythmia. Such innovation in painless defibrillation and preventing arrhythmia could revolutionize cardiac rhythm management. The study demonstrates the design and feasibility of a new hydrogel-based pacing modality.

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Appropriate use of wearable defibrillators with multiparametric evaluation to avoid unnecessary defibrillator implantation

Open Heart

Introduction Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators (WCD) have emerged as a valuable tool in the management of patients at risk for life-threatening arrhythmias. These devices offer a non-invasive and temporary solution, providing continuous monitoring and the potential for prompt defibrillation when needed.

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Why is an Implantable Defibrillator NOT Useful Soon After Myocardial Infarction?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Here is the transcript of the video: Implantable defibrillator is an important life saving device. It can automatically detect life threatening ventricular arrhythmias and treat them, either with a shock or, sometimes by overdrive pacing. These are high voltage, defibrillator shock coils. So, this is how an ICD works.

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Abstract Su505: Impact of a Targeted Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program on Survival After Ventricular Fibrillation Cardiac Arrest in the Sao Paulo Metropolitan Subway System: A Landmark Initiative in Latin America

Circulation

The targeted Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program in the Sao Paulo Metro has yielded promising results in improving survival rates for individuals experiencing out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) due to ventricular arrhythmias. Circulation, Volume 150, Issue Suppl_1 , Page ASu505-ASu505, November 12, 2024.

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Evaluating real-world mortality risk after defibrillator implantation

The British Journal of Cardiology

Protection against the increased risk of sudden cardiac death (SCD) due to ventricular arrhythmias is offered by the implantation of cardiac defibrillators. This is a single-centre retrospective study on the outcomes of all patients who had a transvenous defibrillator implant in 2015. Data from 235 patients were analysed.

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Role of artificial intelligence in defibrillators: a narrative review

Open Heart

Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) are used to treat life-threatening arrhythmias. AEDs and ICDs use shock advice algorithms to classify ECG tracings as shockable or non-shockable rhythms in clinical practice.