title: [Automated implantable cardioverter/defibrillators. Indications for implantation and clinical results].
abstract: Since the first implantation in 1980 about 55,000 automatic Cardioverter/Defibrillators (ICD) were implanted worldwide. This paper overviews the development of indications for ICD implantation as well as clinical results especially with respect to prophylaxis of sudden cardiac death.
authors.affiliation: Med. Klinik B-Kardiologie Herzzentrum Wuppertal, Universität Witten/Herdeck.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Ulbricht
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Emmerich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Krakau
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gülker
mesh_terms: D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Automatische implantierbare Kardioverter/Defibrillatoren. Indikationen zur Implantation und klinische Ergebnisse.