Wearable cardioverter defibrillator after ICD-system explantation: data from a multicenter registry.

ABSTRACT: Data on the use of the wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) among patients after cardiac implantable electronic device explantation of 1- to 3-chamber implantable cardioverter defibrillator systems (ICD) are sparse. Accordingly, several guidelines give a different recommendation regarding WCD indication in this cohort. We aimed to study the baseline characteristics and outcome of patients treated with WCD after ICD explantation. The primary outcome is appropriate WCD shock. Within a multicenter registry 109 patients received a WCD to bridge the time after ICD-system explantation until reimplantation due to a persistent ICD-indication. The mean follow-up was 824 ± 773 days. In addition to ventricular tachyarrhythmias and/or WCD shocks during WCD wear time, also the rate of rehospitaliz

SUBMITTER: El-Battrawy I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11873030 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature