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Implanted cardioverter defibrillatorPremedication and perioperative medicineAzimilideCardiac pacemaker (biventricular)Cardiac pacemaker (BASKET)Heart (Extrasystole ventricular and salve)Sudden death (cardiogenic)Cardiovascular riskLong QT syndromeShort QT syndromeHeart (Inherited and congenital diseases in grown up patients)Kidney (Chronic renal failure)Electrical stormAmiodaroneHeart (Ventricular fibrillation)Resuscitation| 1 | 2003 | Implantable devices for treating tachyarrhythmias. | 
| + | - | nl | BMJ 327(7410):333-6 (2003) |
| 2 | 2009 | Expenditure and value for money: the challenge of implantable cardioverter defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | QJM 102(5):349-56 (2009) |
| 3 | 2003 | Implantable defibrillator therapy. | 
| + | - | nl | Neth J Med 61(5 Suppl):4-7 (2003) |
| 4 | 2005 | Practice advisory for the perioperative management of patients with cardiac rhythm management devices: pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of Patients with Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices. | 
| + | - | nl | Anesthesiology 103(1):186-98 (2005) |
| 5 | 2007 | Primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death: who should get an ICD? | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 93(11):1478-83 (2007) |
| 6 | 2002 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators in arrhythmias: a rapid and systematic review of effectiveness. | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 87(5):438-42 (2002) |
| 7 | 2001 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 86(2):221-6 (2001) |
| 8 | 2009 | Inappropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: many causes and many possible solutions. | 
| + | - | nl | Cardiol J 16(5):391-3 (2009) |
| 9 | 2004 | Arrhythmia detection by dual-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillators. A review of current algorithms. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 6(4):273-86 (2004) |
| 10 | 2009 | A randomized study to compare ramp versus burst antitachycardia pacing therapies to treat fast ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: the PITAGORA ICD trial. | 
| + | - | nl | Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2(2):146-53 (2009) |
| 11 | 2008 | Should patients with congenital heart disease and a systemic ventricular ejection fraction less than 30% undergo prophylactic implantation of an ICD? Implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation guidelines based solely on left ventricular ejection fraction do not apply to adults with congenital heart disease. | 
| + | - | nl | Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 1(4):307-16; discussion 316 (2008) Triedman JK |
| 12 | 2008 | Should patients with congenital heart disease and a systemic ventricular ejection fraction less than 30% undergo prophylactic implantation of an ICD? Patients with congenital heart disease and a systemic ventricular ejection fraction less than 30% should undergo prophylactic implantation of an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 1(4):298-306 (2008) |
| 13 | 2006 | A review of the evidence on the effects and costs of implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in different patient groups, and modelling of cost-effectiveness and cost-utility for these groups in a UK context. | 
| + | - | nl | Health Technol Assess 10(27):iii-iv, ix-xi, 1-164 (2006) |
| 14 | 2005 | The clinical and cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a systematic review. | 
| + | - | nl | Health Technol Assess 9(36):1-150, iii (2005) |
| 15 | 2000 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillators: arrhythmias. A rapid and systematic review. | 
| + | - | nl | Health Technol Assess 4(26):1-69 (2000) |
| 16 | 2007 | Systematic review: implantable cardioverter defibrillators for adults with left ventricular systolic dysfunction. | 
| + | - | nl | Ann Intern Med 147(4):251-62 (2007) |
| 17 | 2003 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillators in primary and secondary prevention: a systematic review of randomized, controlled trials. | 
| + | - | nl | Ann Intern Med 138(6):445-52 (2003) |
| 18 | 2000 | The role of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator for prevention of sudden cardiac death. | 
| + | - | nl | Ann Intern Med 133(11):901-10 (2000) |
| 19 | 1995 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: implications for the nonelectrophysiologist. | 
| + | - | nl | Ann Intern Med 122(10):770-7 (1995) |
| 20 | 2008 | Results of the Predictors of Response to CRT (PROSPECT) trial. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 117(20):2608-16 (2008) |
| 21 | 2007 | Highlighting the R in CRT. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 116(13):1434-6 (2007) Kass DA |
| 22 | 2007 | Sudden death prevention with implantable devices. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 116(5):561-71 (2007) |
| 23 | 2006 | ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (writing committee to develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death): developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 114(10):e385-484 (2006) |
| 24 | 2005 | Heart failure devices: implantable cardioverter-defibrillators and biventricular pacing therapy. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 111(24):3327-35 (2005) |
| 25 | 2005 | Should everyone with an ejection fraction less than or equal to 30% receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator? Everyone with an ejection fraction < or = 30% should receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 111(19):2537-49; discussion 2537-49 (2005) Moss AJ |
| 26 | 2005 | Should everyone with an ejection fraction less than or equal to 30% receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator? Not everyone with an ejection fraction < or = 30% should receive an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 111(19):2537-49; discussion 2537-49 (2005) |
| 27 | 2003 | MADIT II (second Multicenter Automated Defibrillator Implantation Trial) debate: risk stratification, costs, and public policy. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 108(15):1779-83 (2003) |
| 28 | 2002 | ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 guideline update for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices: summary article: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/NASPE Committee to Update the 1998 Pacemaker Guidelines). | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 106(16):2145-61 (2002) |
| 29 | 1995 | The proarrhythmic potential of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 92(6):1651-64 (1995) |
| 30 | 1995 | Clinical investigation of antiarrhythmic devices. A statement for healthcare professionals from a joint task force of the American Heart Association, the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology, the American College of Cardiology, and the Working Groups on Arrhythmias and Cardiac Pacing of the European Society of Cardiology. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 91(7):2097-109 (1995) |
| 31 | 2007 | Adjunctive antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a systematic review. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 28(4):469-77 (2007) |
| 32 | 2006 | ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death--executive summary: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death) Developed in collaboration with the European Heart Rhythm Association and the Heart Rhythm Society. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 27(17):2099-140 (2006) |
| 33 | 2003 | MADIT-II and its implications. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 24(1):16-8 (2003) |
| 34 | 2001 | Indications for implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) therapy. Study Group on Guidelines on ICDs of the Working Group on Arrhythmias and the Working Group on Cardiac Pacing of the European Society of Cardiology. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 22(13):1074-81 (2001) |
| 35 | 2000 | Meta-analysis of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator secondary prevention trials. AVID, CASH and CIDS studies. Antiarrhythmics vs Implantable Defibrillator study. Cardiac Arrest Study Hamburg . Canadian Implantable Defibrillator Study. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 21(24):2071-8 (2000) |
| 36 | 1997 | Defibrillators are superior to antiarrhythmic drugs in the treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 18(1):26-30 (1997) |
| 37 | 2006 | Primary prevention of sudden cardiac death. | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 92(12):1873-8 (2006) |
| 38 | 2004 | The MADIT II and COMPANION studies: will they affect uptake of device treatment? | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 90(3):243-5 (2004) |
| 39 | 2004 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator treatment and resynchronisation in heart failure. | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 90(2):231-4 (2004) |
| 40 | 2003 | An audit of the implications of implementing NICE guidance on the use of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Heart 89(7):787-8 (2003) |
| 41 | 2004 | Indications for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). | 
| + | - | nl | Intern Med 43(5):360-7 (2004) |
| 42 | 2008 | American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Statement on Noninvasive Risk Stratification Techniques for Identifying Patients at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death. A scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 52(14):1179-99 (2008) |
| 43 | 2008 | Benefits of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 52(14):1122-7 (2008) Epstein AE |
| 44 | 2008 | A critical appraisal of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for the prevention of sudden cardiac death. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 52(14):1111-21 (2008) |
| 45 | 2008 | Azimilide: another effort to prevent implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shocks and their sequelae why it is important and how it works. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 52(13):1084-5 (2008) Cannom DS |
| 46 | 2008 | ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices) developed in collaboration with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Society of Thoracic Surgeons. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 51(21):e1-62 (2008) |
| 47 | 2008 | Risk stratification for primary implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 51(3):288-96 (2008) |
| 48 | 2006 | Evaluation and management of patients after implantable cardioverter-defibrillator shock. | 
| + | - | nl | JAMA 296(23):2839-47 (2006) |
| 49 | 2004 | Implantable defibrillators for the prevention of mortality in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. | 
| + | - | nl | JAMA 292(23):2874-9 (2004) |
| 50 | 2006 | Role of resynchronisation therapy and implantable cardioverter defibrillators in heart failure. | 
| + | - | nl | Postgrad Med J 82(963):16-23 (2006) |
| 51 | 2009 | Therapy with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in patients with coronary artery disease and dilated cardiomyopathy: benefits and disadvantages. | 
| + | - | nl | Swiss Med Wkly 139(45-46):647-53 (2009) |
| 52 | 2006 | ACC/AHA/ESC 2006 guidelines for management of patients with ventricular arrhythmias and the prevention of sudden cardiac death: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force and the European Society of Cardiology Committee for Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Develop Guidelines for Management of Patients With Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death). | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 48(5):e247-346 (2006) |
| 53 | 2006 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in clinical practice. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 47(8):1507-17 (2006) |
| 54 | 2004 | Prophylactic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction: a pooled analysis of 10 primary prevention trials. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 44(11):2166-72 (2004) |
| 55 | 2004 | Filling the need for new antiarrhythmic drugs to prevent shocks from implantable cardioverter defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 43(1):44-6 (2004) Curtis AB |
| 56 | 2003 | Effectiveness of implantable defibrillators for preventing arrhythmic events and death: a meta-analysis. | 
| + | - | nl | J Am Coll Cardiol 41(9):1573-82 (2003) |
| 57 | 2008 | Fish-oil supplementation in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators: a meta-analysis. | 
| + | - | nl | CMAJ 178(2):157-64 (2008) |
| 58 | 2007 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillators work--so why aren't we using them? | 
| + | - | nl | CMAJ 177(1):49-51 (2007) Simpson CS |
| 59 | 2010 | Device sensing: sensors and algorithms for pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 122(13):1328-40 (2010) |
| 60 | 2007 | Patients with hemodynamically tolerated ventricular tachycardia require implantable cardioverter defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 116(10):1196-203 (2007) |
| 61 | 2007 | Transvenous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator leads: the weakest link. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 115(19):2461-3 (2007) Maisel WH |
| 62 | 2009 | Refining patient selection for primary prevention implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy: reeling in a net cast too widely. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 120(10):825-7 (2009) |
| 63 | 2008 | American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society scientific statement on noninvasive risk stratification techniques for identifying patients at risk for sudden cardiac death: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 118(14):1497-1518 (2008) |
| 64 | 2009 | Treating the long-QT syndrome in the era of implantable defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Circulation 119(2):204-6 (2009) Viskin S |
| 65 | 2004 | Potential candidates for cardiac resynchronization therapy in Japanese patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy--a Niigata multicenter study of DCM--. | 
| + | - | nl | Circ J 68(12):1104-9 (2004) |
| 66 | 2009 | Cardiac resynchronization therapy with and without implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | Circ J 73 Suppl A(-):A29-35 (2009) |
| 67 | 2006 | Short QT syndrome and arrhythmogenic cardiac diseases in the young: the challenge of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy for children. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 27(20):2382-4 (2006) Boriani G |
| 68 | 2007 | The cost of implantable defibrillators: perceptions and reality. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 28(4):392-7 (2007) |
| 69 | 2007 | The high cost of implantable defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 28(4):388-91 (2007) |
| 70 | 2008 | What is the level of evidence for combined cardiac resynchronization and defibrillation therapy in heart failure? | 
| + | - | nl | Eur Heart J 29(5):682-3; author reply 683-4 (2008) |
| 71 | 2010 | Subcutaneous ICD implantation. | 
| + | - | nl | Rev Port Cardiol 29(3):451-7 (2010) |
| 72 | 2010 | Proportion of patients needing an implantable cardioverter defibrillator on the basis of current guidelines: impact on healthcare resources in Italy and the USA. Data from the ALPHA study registry. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 12(8):1105-11 (2010) |
| 73 | 2010 | Effectiveness of prophylactic implantation of cardioverter-defibrillators without cardiac resynchronization therapy in patients with ischaemic or non-ischaemic heart disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 12(11):1564-70 (2010) |
| 74 | 2011 | Clinical practice of defibrillator implantation after myocardial infarction: impact of implant time: results from the PreSCD II registry. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 13(4):499-508 (2011) |
| 75 | 2010 | Role of antiarrhythmic drugs in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 12(5):618-25 (2010) |
| 76 | 2008 | Tools and strategies for the reduction of inappropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 10(11):1256-65 (2008) |
| 77 | 2009 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillators and their role in heart failure progression. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(6):710-5 (2009) |
| 78 | 2009 | Lifetime cost-effectiveness of prophylactic implantation of a cardioverter defibrillator in patients with reduced left ventricular systolic function: results of Markov modelling in a European population. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(6):716-26 (2009) |
| 79 | 2009 | Inappropriate shocks or inappropriate programming? A review of Guidant's reconfirmation algorithm. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(8):1120-2 (2009) |
| 80 | 2008 | Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy in adult patients with tetralogy of Fallot. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 10(8):926-30 (2008) |
| 81 | 2009 | Cardiac resynchronization therapy in combination with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11 Suppl 5(-):v87-92 (2009) |
| 82 | 2009 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy in chronic kidney disease: a meta-analysis. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(11):1469-75 (2009) |
| 83 | 2009 | Implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy for non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy. What is the role of programmed electrical stimulation? | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(3):273-5 (2009) Plummer C |
| 84 | 2009 | Impact of the main implantable cardioverter-defibrillator trials in clinical practice: data from the Italian ICD Registry for the years 2005-07. | 
| + | - | nl | Europace 11(4):465-75 (2009) |
| 85 | 2009 | Defibrillator implantation early after myocardial infarction. | 
| + | - | nl | N Engl J Med 361(15):1427-36 (2009) |
| 86 | 2011 | Current pacemaker and defibrillator therapy. | 
| + | - | nl | Dtsch Arztebl Int 108(21):372-9; quiz 380 (2011) |
| 87 | 2008 | Electrical storm: a new challenge in the age of implantable defibrillators. | 
| + | - | nl | Hellenic J Cardiol 49(2):86-91 (2008) |
| 88 | 2010 | Amiodarone for the treatment and prevention of ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. | 
| + | - | nl | Vasc Health Risk Manag 6(-):465-72 (2010) |
| 89 | 2002 | Implanted cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators in anaesthetic practice. | 
| + | - | nl | Br J Anaesth 88(5):627-31 (2002) |
| 90 | 2004 | Pacemakers and defibrillators: anaesthetic implications. | 
| + | - | nl | Br J Anaesth 93(1):95-104 (2004) |