JACC: 'Wearable' ICDs prevent sudden death

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Although compliance is slightly more than 50 perecent, patients who wear the cardioverter-defibrillator vest have a high survival rate, similar to that of ICD patients, according to a study in the July 13 edition of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Effectiveness of the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator for prevention of sudden death is dependent on event type, patient compliance and appropriate management of ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF).

Mina K. Chung, MD, and colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic sought to determine patient compliance and effectiveness of antiarrhythmic treatment of those wearing the device.

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