Outcomes during and after the use of the wearable cardioverter-defibrillator in a tertiary-care and a regional hospital in Switzerland

INTRODUCTION The wearable cardioverter-defibrillator (WCD) has established itself in treatment of potentially life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias, when implantation of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is not warranted. Careful patient selection for this therapy is cru...

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Published in:	Swiss Medical Weekly
Main Authors:	Boldizsar Kovacs, Sven Reek, Ardan M. Saguner, Nazmi Krasniqi, Urs Eriksson, Firat Duru
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2019-11-01
Subjects:	implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation rate outcome subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator Sudden Cardiac Death wearable cardioverter defibrillator
Online Access:	https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2690