Publications by authors named "C Swerdlow"
Article Synopsis
- * Researchers analyzed data from the FDA's MAUDE database from 2019-2023, identifying 854 reports involving deaths, injuries, and malfunctions related to normally functioning ICDs.
- * The most frequent reasons for these failures included misclassification of VT as other conditions (like SVT or AF) and undersensing issues, with undersensing linked to a significant portion of deaths, highlighting the need for further investigation and solutions.
Background: The extravascular (EV) implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) includes features to address sensing and arrhythmia detection challenges presented by its substernal lead location.
Objectives: In this study, the authors sought to evaluate sensing and detection performance in 299 patients discharged with an EV-ICD in the global pivotal study.
Methods: We reviewed and adjudicated all induced ventricular fibrillation (VF) episodes and spontaneous device-stored episodes that satisfied rate and duration criteria in a programmed ventricular tachycardia (VT)/VF therapy zone.