The Implantable Cardioverter /Defibrillator

Aims to address questions concerning clinical practice such as whether patients benefit from the new devices, what the risks are compared to the advantages, what the financial consequences are and what is the social and psychological impact of ICD therapy.

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ICD therapy has gained more and more acceptance for patients at risk of, or having survived, sudden cardiac arrest. While technical aspects are a matter of great interest in particular for industrial research development, questions concerning clinical practice are no less important. Which patients benefit from the new devices? What are the risks in relation to the advantages of these systems? What are the financial consequences for our health systems? What is the social and psychological impact of ICD therapy? This book gives the competent answers.