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A New Single Chamber Implantable Defibrillator with Atrial Sensing: A Practical Demonstration of Sensing and Ease of Implantation
Published on: February 28, 2012
Development and Industrialization of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: A Personal and Historical
1Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, 920 E 28th Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55407, USA.
Abstract:
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is the standard of care for preventing sudden cardiac death. Contemporary ICDs are capable of providing a variety of therapeutic functions and can automatically gather and store diagnostic data that can guide both device and drug therapy and alert caregivers of impending battery depletion or lead problems. Moreover, much of the diagnostic data can be monitored remotely, so that many patients can be evaluated in their homes. This article, by a former chief executive officer of the first company to commercialize the ICD, traces the history of the device from its beginnings in the early 1980s.
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