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Myers, Gina. "The impact of participation in a support group on perception of social support and level of anxiety in patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3165054.

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Reid, Suzanne Shirley. "Friend or intruder? : Living with an implantable defibrillator : patients' and partners' experiences /." Electronic version, 2001. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20041104.172632/index.html.

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Sadarmin, Praveen P. "Cardiologists' knowledge, attitudes and application of risk towards implantable cardioverter defibrillators." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/37600.

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Patients with impaired left ventricular systolic function have an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is an effective therapy to treat life-threatening arrhythmias and randomized controlled trials have demonstrated statistically significant reductions in all-cause mortality in select patient groups. Despite this wealth of published data, the uptake of ICDs in high risk population remains low and the exact reasons not known. My study focuses on the evidence for ICD therapy from the landmark RCTs that have influenced the current guidelines. Mo

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Hopgood, Daniel A. L. "Quality of Life in Adolescents and Young Adults with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin150479872457424.

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Crawford, Rebecca Susan. "Health Beliefs Related to Physical Activity in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311469.

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Low levels of physical activity (PA) are a significant predictor of early death among recipients of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Regular, moderate PA is associated with improved quality of life (QOL), reduced arrhythmia burden, and improved health outcomes in ICD recipients yet many do not engage in PA and the reasons for lack of engagement are unclear. The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to examine health beliefs related to PA and QOL in adults living with ICDs. The Health Belief Model provided the theoretical framework for this study. A convenience s

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Humphreys, Nina Kumari. "Living with an ICD : developing a brief psychological intervention for patients living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Thesis, Swansea University, 2014. https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa43026.

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The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a small medical device, implanted underneath the collarbone with wires leading from it to the heart. The device detects and terminates ventricular arrhythmias by delivering an electric shock, that otherwise would most likely lead to sudden cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death. The ICD is perceived as the 'gold standard' treatment therapy for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death resulting from fast electrical rhythms (Bleasdale, Ruskin, O'Callaghan, 2005). However, ICD recipients have reported high levels of psychological distress such

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Velavan, Periaswamy. "Risk stratification in patients with heart failure and in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators." Thesis, University of Hull, 2011. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:5294.

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Heart failure is a very common medical condition with significant mortality and morbidity. Patients hospitalised with heart failure are at high risk of death in the short term and patients with chronic heart failure in the community are also at a high risk of death in the medium to long term. It is difficult to accurately identify those at a higher risk of death as current methods of risk stratification lack both sensitivity and specificity. The available treatments for prevention of sudden death in patients with heart failure such as Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) are expensive

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Wilson, David G. "Subcutaneous and transvenous implantable cardioverter defibrillators : developing an individualised approach to assessment and treatment." Thesis, University of Southampton, 2017. https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/415534/.

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In recent years the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (S-ICD) has emerged as a novel technology which offers an alternative choice to the traditional transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (TV-ICD) in treatment and prevention of sudden cardiac death. Early experience with the S-ICD however has highlighted that its capacity to accurately sense the cardiac signal can be challenged, in particular with regard to the risk of varying amplitude of signals and risk of T wave oversensing. S-ICD sensing is therefore an important weakness of this technology which this thesis

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Byrd, Israel A. "Interactions between trains of premature stimuli and anatomically anchored reentrant wavefronts implications for antitachycardia pacing /." Birmingham, Ala. : University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2006. http://www.mhsl.uab.edu/dt/2006p/byrd.pdf.

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Jama, Zimasa Vuyo. "Performance of re-used pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators compared with new devices at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20958.

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Objectives: Little is known about the performance of re - used pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) in Africa. We sought to compare the risk of infection and the rate of malfunction of re - used pacemakers and ICDs with new devices at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Methods: This was a retrospective case comparison study of performance of re - used pacemakers and ICDs in comparison with new devices at Groote Schuur hospital over a 10 year period. The outcomes were incidence of device infection, device malfunction, early battery depletion, and

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Hill, Loreena Michelle. "Management of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in advanced heart failure : an exploratory study of heart failure patients', carers' and healthcare professionals' perspectives." Thesis, Ulster University, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.695317.

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Background: The ICD is cornerstone in the treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias, although there is growing concern that dying patients are receiving multiple futile shocks. Expert guideline recommendations regarding ICD deactivation are not implemented in practise and ICD deactivation is rarely discussed. This limits patients' and carers' knowledge and choice at end-of-life. Aim: To explore perspectives of patients, carers and professionals regarding ICD deactivation and to examine the impact these have on clinical judgements about end-of-life management. Methods: Sequential exploratory mi

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Casselden, Louisa. "An exploration of body image and self-esteem in adolescents with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) : a qualitative study and clinical research portfolio." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6700/.

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Introduction. Adolescents with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) have to negotiate the tasks of growing up while coping with their ICD device. Current research on the psychosocial effect of ICDs in this population is limited. Issues of body image may be particularly salient for adolescents with visible health conditions, as they experience typical physical and emotional development in addition to the burden of their health condition. This study aims to explore the effect of having an ICD device on adolescent’s body image and self-esteem, and other challenges they encounter. Method

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Kundu, Suman. "Prognostic markers of ventricular arrhythmia : is further refinement of risk stratification possible? : a prospective study of patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators and left ventricular systolic dysfunction." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/28108.

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The management and prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death remains a great challenge in modern Cardiology. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) have been shown to reduce mortality. Despite decades of research, the mechanisms are not fully understood and ICD treatment is crude, palliative and expensive. Nonetheless, outcome studies have helped to inform national and international guidance in the implantation of these devices. Patient selection is crucial to ensure correct patients are identified and appropriately treated. More refined and stringent risk stratification is needed to identify

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Canlas, Joel. "Creating software libraries to improve medical device testing of the Pacing System Analyzer (PSA) at St. Jude Medical." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2011. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/599.

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Software testing, specifically in the medical device field, has become increasingly complex over the last decade. Technological enhancements to simulate clinical scenarios and advancements in communicating to medical devices have created the need for better testing strategies and methodologies. Typical medical device companies have depended on manual testing processes to fulfill Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submission requirements specifically Class III devices which are life supporting, life sustaining devices. At St. Jude Medical, software testing of Class III devices such as implan

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Ischinger, Nina Fleur [Verfasser], Jürgen [Akademischer Betreuer] Beckmann, and Karl-Heinz [Akademischer Betreuer] Ladwig. "End-of-Life Management of patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICD) : A survey-based investigation on problem awareness, attitudes and preferences of ICD carriers / Nina Fleur Ischinger. Gutachter: Karl-Heinz Ladwig ; Jürgen Beckmann. Betreuer: Jürgen Beckmann." München : Universitätsbibliothek der TU München, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1051734967/34.

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Marinskis, Germanas. "Tachikardijų elektrofiziologinė diagnostika ir nemedikamentinis gydymas." Doctoral thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090408_085250-65904.

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Šiame darbe apžvelgiama Vilniaus Universiteto Širdies ligų ir kraujagyslių klinikoje 1991−2008 metais sukaupta patirtis taikant nemedikamentinį gydymą pacientams su supraventrikulinėmis tachikardijomis ir skilveliniais ritmo sutrikimais. Apibendrinome nemedikamentinio gydymo rezultatus 1693 pacientams: 753 pacientams su atrioventrikulinio mazgo paroksizmine tachikardija, 657 pacientams su papildomais laidumo takais, 169 pacientams su skilvelinėmis tachikardijomis. Be to, apibendrinome kardioverterių defibriliatorių implantavimo rezultatus 118 pacientų. Nustatėme, kad atrioventrikulinio mazgo t

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Chang, David Wei-Péng. "ST. JUDE MEDICAL: PULMONARY EDEMA MONITORING IN PACEMAKERS AND ICDS." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2013. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1112.

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Pulmonary edema occurs when fluid leaks from the pulmonary capillary network into the lung interstitium and alveoli. When the heart is not able to pump blood to the body efficiently, fluid can back up into the veins that take blood through the lungs to the left atrium. This then builds up the pressure in the blood vessels and fluid is pushed into the alveoli in the lungs. The fluid reduces normal oxygen movement through the lungs and can cause impaired gas exchange and respiratory failure. There are many causes of congestive heart failure that may lead to pulmonary edema such as heart attack,

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Kwan, Siu-ki, and 關兆奇. "Development of high performance implantable cardioverter defibrillatorbased statistical analysis of electrocardiography." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2007. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B38320289.

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Kwan, Siu-ki. "Development of high performance implantable cardioverter defibrillator based statistical analysis of electrocardiography." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38320289.

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Flemme, Inger. "Living with life-saving technology : Long-term follow up of recipients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Centrum för forskning om välfärd, hälsa och idrott (CVHI), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2913.

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The evidence that treatment of life-threatening arrhythmia (LTA) with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) can prolong life is convincing. Living with a lifelong heart disease will gradually influence the everyday life and encompasses some or all aspects of life. In order to influence health outcomes, the impact of the ICD must be considered in a broader context including not only the physical, but also the psychological and social functioning of the individual. The general aim of this thesis was to describe everyday life in recipients living with an ICD in a longterm perspective. T

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McDonough, Annette. "The Experiences of Younger Adults (18-40 Years) Living with an Implanted Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD): A Dissertation." eScholarship@UMMS, 2007. https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsn_diss/5.

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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is responsible for 300,000 deaths in the United States each year. Of these 300,000 deaths, 3,000-5,000 are younger adults (18-40 years) (American Heart Association (AHA), 2005; Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation (SADS), 2005). Implanted cardioverter defibrillators have become the treatment of choice for individuals with life threatening arrhythmias (Cannom Prystowsky, 2004; Glikson & Friedman, 2001; Josephson, Hein, & Wellens, 2004). Although this life sustaining technology has been found to be effective in terminating life threatening arrhythmias, adjustme

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Santos, Nuno Miguel Alves dos. "Security and Privacy for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators." Master's thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/5731.

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In a world where the number of people with health issues directly related with the heart is increasing, the need for this people to implant auxiliary systems for the normal functioning of the human body’s main organ is exponentially increasing. Amongst the range of devices belonging to the family of implantable medical devices (IMDs), implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) currently are the devices that posses the widest range of therapeutic features for the different existing cardiac anomalies. However, these systems possess some flaws at the communications security level, mainl

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Gale, TJ. "Modelling the electric field from implantable defibrillators." Thesis, 1995. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19647/1/whole_GaleTimothyJohn1996_thesis.pdf.

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This thesis presents a mathematical model of the electric field from implantable defibrillators, together with the numerical implementation, validation and examples of application of the model. The model was based on Laplace's equation for potential and was implemented using the boundary element method with constant quadrilateral elements and realistic torso structures. An efficient out-of-core solver was developed, allowing any size problem to be solved, subject only to computer speed and time available. A method was also developed that allowed matrices calculated in one problem to be

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"Friend or intruder? : living with an implantable defibrillator : patients' and partners' experiences." Thesis, University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10453/20348.

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University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health.<br>The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a reliable, cost-effective implanted device designed to terminate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and prevent sudden death. The recent exponential increase in implantation rates emphasises the need for nurses, doctors and other clinicians to understand the experience of living with an ICD for patients and partners. Current knowledge of patient experiences is mostly derived from overseas studies of specific variables, including physical problems, psychosocial o

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"Friend or Intruder? Living with an Implantable Defibrillator: Patients' and Partners' Experiences." University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Health, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2100/236.

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The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is a reliable, cost-effective implanted device designed to terminate life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias and prevent sudden death. The recent exponential increase in implantation rates emphasises the need for nurses, doctors and other clinicians to understand the experience of living with an ICD for patients and partners. Current knowledge of patient experiences is mostly derived from overseas studies of specific variables, including physical problems, psychosocial outcomes, ICD shocks and quality of life issues. Studies of partner experiences

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Ong, Lephuong. "Predicting psychological outcomes and antiarrhythmic therapies of defibrillator recipients : the role of dispositional vulnerability /." 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR51759.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Psychology.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-127). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR51759

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Firestone, Jill Stanley. "The effect of a psychological intervention on patients' adjustment to the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) : a prospective study /." 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR39008.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--York University, 2008. Graduate Programme in Psychology.<br>Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-161). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:NR39008

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Chang, Yu Chuan, and 張玉娟. "Exploration of depression and quality of life in patients after Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41797472183170929650.

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碩士<br>國立臺北護理健康大學<br>護理研究所<br>102<br>ABSTRACT This study is aimed to investigate depression and quality of life of patient who uses implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Mixed method with triangulation design was applied in this study. Quantitative as well as qualitative method were used to collect data and analyze the depression and quality of life for patients 3 months before ICD implantation, 3, 6 and 12 months after implantation.By convenient sampling, SF-36 quality of life scale and BDI-ⅡDepression Scale were utilized for data collection at cardiac clinic or ward in a medical ce

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"Patient selection for cardiac resynchronization therapy /cby Fung Wing Hong." Thesis, 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b6074454.

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The effect of CRT on incidence of AF development in patients with severe HF was explored by comparing 36 patients with conventional indication for the CRT to 36 HF patients without CRT, matched for age, sex and LV systolic function (Publication 5). After a follow up of 3 years, the annual incidence of AF in the CRT group was 2.8%, which was significantly lower than the control group (10.2%). Moreover, the echocardiographic benefit by CRT was compared between these 36 patients with SR and 15 patients with persistent AF. The results showed that the echocardiographic response was similar between

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"Factors influencing health-related quality of life in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillator." 2013. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5884405.

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Wong, Mei Fung Florence.<br>Thesis (D.Nurs.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013.<br>Includes bibliographical references (leaves 178-208).<br>Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web.<br>Abstract also in Chinese.

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Luscombe, Anna Louisa. "Investigating key factors that influence quality of life in implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients in the cardiac clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23261.

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Text in English<br>International studies have demonstrated that Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators (ICDs) can have a significant impact on the Quality of Life (QOL) of patients. This is often due to factors that cause considerable psychological distress and has not been investigated in South Africa before. This research study thus investigated factors that influence QOL in patients with ICDs who are followed up in the Cardiac Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital. The objectives were to describe demographic, clinical, ICD and patient support characteristics; to determine the prevalence of anxi

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ŠAFAŘÍKOVÁ, Iva. "Kvalita života u pacientů s kardiologickými implantáty sledovaných systémy dálkové monitorace." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-320689.

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Abstract Introduction: The perception of quality of life (QoL) in patients with implantable cardiac devices including implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD), followed by telemonitoring care (Home Monitoring HM), has recently become an extremely hot topic due to constantly increasing number of patients wearing these devices. This increase has resulted in an increased demand for safe, prompt, and more effective out-patient care. Methods: Our research was carried out between December 2016 and March 2017. A cohort of 150 consecutive patients with ICD, followed using the Home Monitoring

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Bickel, Iris. "Spiritual well-being of healthy adults and adults who recently experienced a cardiac arrest or syncope requiring an implantable cardioverter defibrillator report submitted in partial fulfillment ... for the degree of Master of Science, Medical-Surgical Nursing ... /." 1994. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/68797665.html.

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