Abstract:
:Following the sudden death of a friend in 1966, Dr Michel Mirowski began pioneering work on the first implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. By 1969 he had developed an experimental model and performed the first transvenous defibrillation. In 1970 he reported on the use of a "standby automatic defibrillator" that was tested successfully in dogs. He postulated that such a device "when adapted for clinical use, might be implanted temporarily or permanently in selected patients particularly prone to develop ventricular fibrillation and thus provide them with some degree of protection from sudden coronary death". In 1980 he reported on the first human implants of an "electronic device designed to monitor cardiac electrical activity, to recognise ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachyarrhythmias … and then to deliver corrective defibrillatory discharges". Through innovations in circuitry, battery, and capacitor technologies, the current implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is 10 times smaller and exponentially more sophisticated than that first iteration. This article will review the inner workings of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and outline several features that make it the wonder in technology that it has become.
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Cardiol Youngjournal_title
Cardiology in the youngauthors
Bryant RMdoi
10.1017/S1047951116002353subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-01-01 00:00:00pages
S121-S125issue
S1eissn
1047-9511issn
1467-1107pii
S1047951116002353journal_volume
27pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Pneumopericardium, defined as air in the pericardial cavity, is a rare condition with potentially severe complications and mortality. In the neonatal period, pneumopericardium is associated with prematurity, very low birth weight, and assisted ventilation. We report the occurrence of spontaneous pneumopericardium in a...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951117002657
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:Our aims were to use transthoracic three-dimensional echocardiography to assess the morphology of atrial septal defects in children prior to closure, and to compare the three-dimensional echocardiographic data with transcatheter and surgical findings. METHODS AND RESULTS:We used transthoracic three-dimensional ec...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/s1047951103000118
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present a rare case of incidentally diagnosed Twiddler's syndrome in a child 7 years after implantation of a dual-chamber pacemaker system with epicardial leads. During revision, an insulation defect of the ventricular lead was evident, despite unremarkable prior pacemaker lead testing. The lead was repaired and a ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951120001031
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We present two cases of percutaneous Sapien XT valve-in-valve implantation in the tricuspid position: a 20-year-old man with severe congenital pulmonary stenosis and percutaneous valvuloplasty, who required surgical implantation of two protheses, pulmonary and tricuspid, and a 12-year-old boy with CHD and a degenerate...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951117000786
更新日期:2017-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although cardiac tumours are rare, such tumours are increasingly being diagnosed with increasing frequency and great accuracy by antenatal ultrasound. Cardiac haemangiomas account for less than one-twentieth of all primary cardiac tumours, with most being diagnosed in the neonatal period. We report 3 instances of succ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951109004168
更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To assess results of closure of atrial septal defects within the oval fossa by devices delivered by catheterisation in symptomatic infants and children under 2 years of age. METHODS AND RESULTS:The Amplatzer septal occluder was used. Results, and complications of transcatheter device treatment in patients aged be...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1017/s1047951100008234
更新日期:2000-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Torsades de Pointes is an extremely rare arrhythmia in children associated to LQT syndrome. Pheochromocytomas are also extremely rare tumours in the paediatric age. We present a case of a young patient with an acquired long QT syndrome complicating with Torsades de Pointes as first clinical manifestation of a pheochro...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S104795111400033X
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Information about acute coronary syndrome caused by Kawasaki disease-related coronary artery lesions in adults is sketchy. We reviewed the clinical features of 50 adult patients who had an acute coronary syndrome caused by coronary artery lesions due to Kawasaki disease or probable Kawasaki disease from 1980 to 2008. ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951110001502
更新日期:2011-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::With the advent of improved medical and surgical care in congenital heart disease, there has been an increase in the number of patients who survive into adulthood, giving rise to a new patient population 'Adults with congenital heart disease'. In the past, morbidity and mortality were the primary concerns for this gro...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1017/S1047951113000747
更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::This study evaluates clinical and epidemiological features of acute rheumatic fever using the data of last 25 years in our hospital in south-east of Turkey. The medical records of 377 patients with acute rheumatic fever admitted to Pediatric Cardiology Department of Çukurova University during 1993-2017 were retrospect...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951120001596
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Communications between the pulmonary artery and left atrium cause cyanosis. The images document serial haemodynamic changes in such a fistula from fetal life to the postnatal period with a successful transcatheter intervention. ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951118000616
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::An otherwise healthy 17-year-old adolescent boy presented with upper respiratory tract symptoms and was diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 infection. A haemorrhagic pericardial effusion was found in the transthoracic echocardiography. He was treated with pericardiocentesis, ibuprofen, and hydroxychloroquine. A la...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951120004850
更新日期:2021-01-07 00:00:00
abstract::Correction of tetralogy of Fallot during infancy usually eliminates the risks associated with general anaesthesia. In rare cases of uncorrected defects persisting into adulthood, anaesthetic management during non-cardiac surgery may therefore be challenging. We describe the use of continuous spinal anaesthesia to succ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951119000994
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the clinical utility of the Pediatric Symptom Checklist 17 for identifying psychosocial concerns and improving access to psychology services within a paediatric cardiology clinic. METHOD:Parents of 561 children (aged 4-17 years) presenting for follow-up of CHD, acquired heart disease, or arrhythmi...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951115001900
更新日期:2016-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 2-month-old baby was resuscitated from ventricular fibrillation attributed to a concurrent chaotic atrial tachycardia with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. He underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of an accessory pathway. Throughout the 4-year follow-up after the procedure, the boy remained free of an...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951109992034
更新日期:2010-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the family psycho-social outcomes of children with Down syndrome and atrioventricular septal defect, and examine the impact of these variables on the child's neurodevelopmental outcome. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional study that consisted of 57 children with Down syndrome - 20 cases and 37 con...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951115000062
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chest pain in adolescents is rarely associated with cardiac disease. Adolescents with medically unexplained chest pain usually have high levels of anxiety and depression. Psychological stress may trigger non-cardiac chest pain. This study evaluated risk factors that particularly characterise adolescence, such as major...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1017/S1047951116002109
更新日期:2017-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neonates and infants with congenital and acquired cardiac disease often require placement of central venous lines for extended intravenous therapy. It may be advantageous to avoid the larger venous vessels of the head and neck and lower extremities in order to preserve these for future interventions and ther...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951110000090
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to compare the quality-of-life scores of Malaysian children with CHD and their healthy siblings, to determine the level of agreement between proxy-reports and child self-reports, and to examine variables that have an impact on quality of life in those with CHD. METHODS:Pare...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951117000166
更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Little is known about the quality of life, health, family, education, and employment status among adult men with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. MATERIAL AND METHODS:A total of 68 men who underwent repair of tetralogy of Fallot between 1971 and 1991 were studied. Fifty-three patients answered the SF-36 heal...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951111001934
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:UNLABELLED:So as to determine the value of brain natriuretic peptide in the plasma as a biochemical marker for myocarditis of Kawasaki disease, we studied 69 patients. The blood samples, electrocardiograms and cross-sectional echocardiograms were obtained before the commencement of treatment and in the convalescent pha...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/s1047951102000318
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Kawasaki disease constitutes an acute febrile vasculitis of unknown aetiology. It is considered the most common cause of acquired cardiac failure in children. Although standard treatment comprises intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin, some children exhibit refractory disease, necessitating the use of alternative the...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951111001260
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To assess clinical presentation, treatment, and outcome of children with Ebstein's anomaly. BACKGROUND:Data on long-term outcome of children with Ebstein's anomaly are scarce. METHODS:Retrospective analysis of all children with Ebstein's anomaly treated between February, 1979 and January, 2009 in a single ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951112000224
更新日期:2013-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare congenital heart disease (CHD) with diverse clinical presentations despite the same anatomy. Factors determining this heterogeneous presentation are not well understood. METHOD AND RESULTS:We retrospectively investigated 14 patients (12 fema...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951119003299
更新日期:2020-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::We describe what is, to the best of our knowledge, a previously unreported association in patients with similar facial features, skin and joint laxity, of lengthening and tortuosity of systemic, pulmonary and coronary vessels. We evaluated 12 patients with similar phenotypes, from eight different families. Detailed ec...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/s1047951100008854
更新日期:2000-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Tetralogy of Fallot is a common congenital cardiac malformation. A rare subgroup includes unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery, either the left or the right main branch. The literature lacks an established treatment for these cases, and surgical options carry certain mortality and morbidity. PATIENTS ...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951112000911
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine early outcomes for pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum undergoing single-ventricle palliation and to determine risk factors for mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary paediatric critical care unit. INTERVENTION:Risk factors for mortality were sought fo...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951110000077
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Femoral vein access is the first choice for percutaneous atrial septal defect closure, and when it cannot be used due to anatomic reasons, the alternative sites should be considered, frequently increasing the complexity of the procedure. Here we report the case of a 3-year-old boy, with situs inversus and dextrocardia...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951119002099
更新日期:2019-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Our purpose was to determine the outcome of pregnancy and delivery in patients with coronary arterial lesions caused by Kawasaki disease. METHODS AND RESULTS:We surveyed by mail the Japanese national experience of pregnancy and delivery in patients known to have Kawasaki disease. The first questionnaire was...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1017/S1047951106000126
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Congenital heart disease is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in the newborn. Its diagnosis may lead to a crisis in the affected families; there are the perceived implications of having an abnormality of so vital an organ. To that may be added the assumed guilt or blame, grief and at times anger, frequent...
journal_title:Cardiology in the young
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1017/s104795110000696x
更新日期:1998-07-01 00:00:00