I'm getting turned off: emerging consensus on deactivating cardiac implantable electronic devices
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Published on: February 28, 2012
Abstract:
The surgical insertion of permanent heart rhythm (resynchronization) devices within individuals who have chronic cardiac deficiencies is widespread and increasing. It is predictable that some individuals who have had a permanent heart rhythm device implanted will subsequently reach a point, physically and/or emotionally, at which they (or their surrogates) indicate the desire that their own resynchronization be removed or deactivated. Despite continuing controversy, a professional international consensus has begun to emerge over the past few years, concerning the fundamental legal and ethical principles that ought to guide clinical practice regarding the deactivation of cardiac implantable electrical devices (CIEDs). The central legal and ethical principles of the emerging professional consensus in this sphere are briefly summarized in this article, along with some thoughts about the challenges of translating those principles into clinical practice for specific patients.
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