title: Appropriate duration of driving restrictions after inappropriate therapy from implantable cardiac shock devices-interim analysis of the Nippon Storm Study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known regarding the appropriate duration for driving restrictions after inappropriate implantable cardiac shock device (ICSD) therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We evaluated the Nippon Storm Study data, and found that inappropriate ICSD therapy occurred in 114 (7.6%) patients during a median follow-up of 464 days. Among those patients, 25 experienced further inappropriate ICSD therapy during a subsequent median follow-up of 380 days. Time-dependent recurrence of inappropriate ICSD therapy occurred in 19 (76%) patients within 180 days.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The interval for driving restrictions after inappropriate ICSD therapy can be reduced.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kurita
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Shigeyuki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furushima
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyoshima
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mitamura
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohe
authors.forename: Yoshifusa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Aizawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001334:Automobile Driving; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000517:prevention & control*