title: [National Registry of Automatic Implantable Defibrillators in 1996].
abstract: The results of the Spanish Registry of Automatic Defibrillators implanted between February 1996 and January 1997 are reported. A questionnaire per patient was completed by every implanting physician, in every center. The questionnaire was designed by the Section of Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias of the Spanish Society of Cardiology. The data from 306 automatic defibrillators implanted were reported. The percentage of defibrillators per inhabitant in Spain is close to 1 per 100,000. Eighty-five percent were first implants, while a 13% were replacements. Most of the electrodes used were endocardial. Chronic ischemic heart disease was found in 54% of the patients. Forty-six percent of the patients had syncopal ventricular tachycardia, 31% ventricular fibrillation and 23% sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia. The generator pocket was pectoral in 87% of the patients and abdominal in 13%. The implant of the defibrillator was associated with other cardiac surgery in only 3% of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Sección de Electrofisiología y Arritmias, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Madrid
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cinca
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Moro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Registro Nacional de Desfibriladores Automáticos Implantables en 1996.