Implantable defibrillators lead to decrease in cardiac arrests
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 15:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers estimate that implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) account for a third of the decrease in cardiac arrests caused by ventricular fibrillation (VF). The incidence of VF-related cardiac arrest dropped significantly between 1995 and 2008. In greater Amsterdam, ICDs prevented 81 cardiac arrests between 2005 and 2008.