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Cardioverter-related complications: observations from an institutional implantable cardioverter defibrillator registry

Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is gold standard therapy for primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death (SCD) and ventricular tachyarrhythmias. While reducing arrhythmic mortality in patients with left ventricular dysfunction of various causes, inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes and after aborted SCD, these devices can have serious adverse effects including inappropriate shocks and device-related infection.The aim of this study was to create an institutional ICD registry and to examine the major complications after ICD implantation. We have analysed the data concerning all newly implanted ICDs in our institution from 2011 to 2017.

implantable cardioverter defibrillator ; long term complications

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