Prescribing exercise training for patients with defibrillators.
Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) often refrain from physical exercise for fear of precipitating a life-threatening arrhythmia or receiving an ICD shock. However, most of these patients are able to safely exercise if they are provided appropriate clinical guidelines. This review describes the factors that enter into the development of an exercise program for patients with an ICD.
Lampman
R M
RM
Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor 48106, USA.
Knight
B P
BP
D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans