Defibrillators (Defibrillator)

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1828 relevant articles (119 outcomes, 263 trials/studies) found for this Therapy

Description: Cardiac electrical stimulators that apply brief high-voltage electroshocks to the HEART. These stimulators are used to restore normal rhythm and contractile function in hearts of patients who are experiencing VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION or ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) that is not accompanied by a palpable PULSE. Some defibrillators may also be used to correct certain noncritical dysrhythmias (called synchronized defibrillation or CARDIOVERSION), using relatively low-level discharges synchronized to the patient's ECG waveform. (UMDNS, 2003)

Also Known As:

Defibrillator; Automated External Defibrillator; Automated External Defibrillators; Defibrillators, External; Electric Shock Cardiac Stimulators; Stimulators, Electrical, Cardiac, Shock; Defibrillator, Automated External; Defibrillator, External; Defibrillators, Automated External; External Defibrillator; External Defibrillator, Automated; External Defibrillators; External Defibrillators, Automated

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Therapy Context: Research Results

Equipment and Supplies

Electrodes: 6754

Defibrillators: 1828

Implantable Defibrillators: 2347

Experts

1.	Moss, Arthur J: 15 articles (06/2008 - 03/2002)
2.	Zareba, Wojciech: 13 articles (06/2008 - 03/2002)
3.	Hall, W Jackson: 12 articles (01/2008 - 03/2002)
4.	Boriani, Giuseppe: 10 articles (05/2007 - 05/2002)
5.	McNitt, Scott: 9 articles (01/2008 - 10/2004)
6.	Andrews, Mark L: 9 articles (01/2008 - 03/2002)
7.	Daubert, James P: 8 articles (06/2008 - 03/2002)
8.	Santini, Massimo: 7 articles (09/2008 - 12/2003)
9.	White, Roger D: 7 articles (04/2008 - 10/2002)
10.	Maron, Barry J: 7 articles (03/2008 - 01/2003)

Related Diseases

1.	Heart Arrest (Cardiac Arrest) 01/01/2006 - "CONCLUSION: Automated external defibrillators deployed in readily accessible, well-marked areas, are really very effective in assisting patients with cardiac arrest" 10/17/2002 - "CONCLUSIONS: Automated external defibrillators deployed in readily accessible, well-marked public areas in Chicago airports were used effectively to assist patients with cardiac arrest" 09/26/2001 - "CONTEXT: Installation of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) on passenger aircraft has been shown to improve survival of cardiac arrest in that setting, but the cost-effectiveness of such measures has not been proven" 01/01/2007 - "SUMMARY: Automated external defibrillators appear to be cost-effective in locations with high incidences of cardiac arrest." 02/05/2004 - "INTERPRETATION: Application of the strategy of public-access defibrillators will not result in significantly improved survival from cardiac arrest in Norway." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
2.	Tachycardia (Tachyarrhythmias) 09/01/2002 - "CONCLUSIONS: Atrial antitachy pacing and shock therapies demonstrated very high efficacy in treating atrial tachyarrhythmias in defibrillator patients." 05/01/2006 - "Ventricular tachyarrhythmia induction by strong cardiac shocks: can understanding underlying mechanisms lead to improved prevention of defibrillator failure?" 08/01/1985 - "The available data indicate that the automatic cardioverter-defibrillator can reliably identify and correct potentially lethal ventricular tachyarrhythmias, leading to a substantial improvement in survival in properly selected high risk patients." 07/01/2007 - "The Multicenter UnSustained Tachycardia Trial (MUSTT) investigated whether electrophysiologic study (EPS) was helpful in choosing drug or defibrillator therapy in patients induced into sustained VT" 01/01/1993 - "Our experience shows that the transvenous Medtronic Pacer Cardioverter Defibrillator System provides safe, effective treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
3.	Sudden Death 03/01/2004 - "BACKGROUND: Implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is expensive but highly effective in preventing sudden death" 01/01/2001 - "There is accumulating evidence that the implantable defibrillator is highly effective in terminating malignant ventricular arrhythmias in HCM patients, and HCM patients thought to be at significant risk for sudden death should be offered defibrillator implantation." 09/01/1991 - "Automatic implantable defibrillators are effective for aborting sudden death; however, the potential for more general use of automatic defibrillators in asymptomatic but high-risk postinfarction patients has not been evaluated." 10/01/2004 - "BACKGROUND: New evidence suggests that the implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) may be effective for primary prevention of sudden death" 11/01/1995 - "Transvenous cardioverter defibrillators offer effective protection against sudden death" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
4.	Ventricular Tachycardia 12/01/2003 - "INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: Implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICD) have been shown to improve survival in patients with myocardial infarctionand LVEF < 0.30 or LVEF < 0.40 + nonsustained ventricular tachycardia + inducible sustained arrhythmias" 11/15/1993 - "The efficacy of synchronized burst overdrive pacing for the termination of induced and spontaneous monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (VT) was compared with synchronized autodecremental (ramp) pacing in 21 patients who received an implantable antitachycardia pacemaker/cardioverter/defibrillator for treatment of recurrent sustained monomorphic VT" 04/04/2006 - "Inducibility of ventricular arrhythmias on an electrophysiology study, diffuse nature of right ventricular disease, and presence of prior spontaneous ventricular tachycardia were identified as predictors of implanted cardioverter/defibrillator (ICD) intervention only among patients without a PKP2 mutation (P<0.05)" 11/01/2005 - "Factors influencing appropriate firing of the implanted defibrillator for ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation: findings from the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial II (MADIT-II)." 10/06/2004 - "QT interval variability and spontaneous ventricular tachycardia or fibrillation in the Multicenter Automatic Defibrillator Implantation Trial (MADIT) II patients." Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
5.	Atrial Fibrillation 01/01/2006 - "Studies have investigated the effect of defibrillator paddle position on the efficacy of external electrocardioversion of atrial fibrillation, without agreeing upon an optimal placement" 01/01/2000 - "The high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and its clinical complications, the poor efficacy of medical therapy for preventing recurrences, and dissatisfaction with alternative modes of therapy stimulated interest in implantable atrial and combined atrioventricular defibrillators" 04/01/2006 - "INTRODUCTION: Implantable atrial defibrillators (IADs) have proved to be safe and effective in the management of atrial fibrillation" 08/01/1999 - "Overall, the implantable atrial defibrillator Metrix is an effective and safe alternative in treating atrial fibrillation." 10/01/2006 - "AIMS: To investigate the feasibility and efficacy of novel low-tilt biphasic waveforms in transvenous cardioversion of atrial fibrillation (AF), delivered by a radiofrequency-powered defibrillator" Get all the results and reference details, order at left...
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Related Therapies and Procedures

1.	Implantable Defibrillators (Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator)
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4.	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
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