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High social support is associated with reduced cardiac events in patients following ICD/CRT-D implantation: a one-year follow-up study in China.
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SUBMITTER: Jing P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC12857033 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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High social support is associated with reduced cardiac events in patients following ICD/CRT-D implantation: a one-year follow-up study in China.
BMC psychology 20251230 1
BACKGROUND: Few studies exist on the impact of social support on cardiac events following implantation of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD) or cardiac resynchronization therapy devices with defibrillators (CRT-D). This study aims to investigate the longitudinal association between social support and adverse cardiac events among ICD/CRT-D recipients during a 1-year follow-up. METHODS: This hospital-based longitudinal study included 101 patients undergoing first ICD/CRT-D implantation. ...[more]