Implantation of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
Since February 1980 the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator has been implanted in over 1,500 patients. Sudden death rates have been reduced to 2%-4% annually. This report reviews the implantation techniques, their indications, and our clinical experience in 200 patients.
Watkins
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Department of Surgery and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
Guarnieri
T
T
Griffith
L S
LS
Levine
J H
JH
Veltri
E P
EP
Juanteguy
J M
JM
Mower
M
M
Mirowski
M
M
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D015142:Baltimore / Q000453:epidemiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D019736:Prostheses and Implants / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies