title: Implantation of the automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21205.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Watkins
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Guarnieri
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Griffith
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Veltri
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Juanteguy
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mower
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mirowski
mesh_terms: 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