Abstract:
:The success of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) led to the concept of a device that would terminate atrial fibrillation (AF) using an implantable device. Implantable devices for AF are undergoing rapid evolution. Currently used devices combine pacing and cardioversion therapies to prevent and to treat AE Recent studies have shown that these devices are safe and can decrease the incidence of AF and improve quality of life significantly. Implantable devices for atrial defibrillation are likely to have an increasing role in the near future, particularly when they are used in combination with ICD and cardiac resynchronization therapy in which AF is both common and its termination is clinically beneficial.
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Cardiol Clinjournal_title
Cardiology clinicsauthors
Tse HF,Lau CPdoi
10.1016/s0733-8651(03)00114-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-02-01 00:00:00pages
87-100, ixissue
1eissn
0733-8651issn
1558-2264pii
S0733-8651(03)00114-0journal_volume
22pub_type
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