Reinoud E Knops1, Michael S Lloyd1, Paul R Roberts1

  • 1From the Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam (R.E.K., L.V.A.B.), and the Department of Cardiology, St Antonius Ziekenhuis, Nieuwegein (L.V.A.B.) - both in the Netherlands; Emory University Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Atlanta (M.S.L., F.M.M.); University Hospital Southampton, Southampton (P.R.R.), the Department of Cardiology, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool (D.J.W.), and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds (C.P.), and Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester (C.C.) - all in the United Kingdom; HonorHealth Cardiac Arrhythmia Group, HonorHealth Research Institute, Scottsdale, and the College of Medicine (R.D.) and Banner University Medical Center Phoenix (W.W.S.), University of Arizona, Phoenix - all in Arizona; the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester (P.A.F., Y.-M.C.), and Boston Scientific, St. Paul (J. West, E.M., B.S., A.J.B., J. Weinstock, K.M.S.) - both in Minnesota; the Department of Cardiology, Na Homolce Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic (P.N.); Department of Cardiology, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden (C.B.-L.); Heart Rhythm Clinic, San Rossore Hospital, Pisa, Italy (M.G.B.); CorVita Science Foundation, Chicago (M.C.B.); Departement de Cardiologie, Hôpital Privé du Confluent, Nantes (D.G.), and the Arrhythmia Unit, Cardiology Department, Heart and Lung Institute, Lille (C.M.) - both in France; Cardiac Electrophysiology, Drexel University (S.P.K.), and the Cardiovascular Division, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (D.S.F.), Philadelphia, and the Department of Cardiology, Saint Mary Medical Center, Langhorne (S.P.K.) - all in Pennsylvania; OhioHealth Heart and Vascular Physicians, Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Department of Cardiology, OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital (A.K.A., E.Y.F.), and the Section of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (R.A.) Columbus, and the Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing Section, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland (T.D.C.); Northwell, Hyde Park (L.M.E.), the Cardiovascular Institute, Northwell Health Manhasset, Manhasset (L.M.E.), and Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York (M.A.M., V.Y.R.) - all in New York; Institut Clínic Cardiovascular, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, and Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red, Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid (J.M.T., L.M.); Baptist Health Lexington, Lexington, KY (J.D.A.); Erlanger Health System, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga (H.M.); the Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Research, St. Bernard's Heart and Vascular Center, Arrhythmia Research Group, Jonesboro, AR (D.G.N.); Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montréal (B.M.); Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk, VA (J.G.); and the Department of Cardiology, Kepler University Hospital, Medical Faculty of the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (K.S.).

概括

一种新的模块化节拍-除器系统,将无心脏起器与皮下植入式心脏转换器-除器 (ICD) 结合起来,在患有突然心脏死亡风险的患者中证明了安全性和有效性.

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