title: Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators may help save lives, research shows.  THE WCDs prove to be effective, temporary alternative to implantable devices.
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003020:Clothing; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control*; D047548:Defibrillators; D004554:Electric Countershock / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D010349:Patient Compliance