August 28, 2015Circulation
Use of the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator in High-Risk Cardiac Patients
Why the study?
Does the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) safely protect high-risk cardiac patients not eligible for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator from sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias?
Population
High-risk cardiac patients who are not eligible for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 months
Authors
Discussion
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Member takes
Implication
May support WCD bridging during ICD eligibility assessment; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm net benefit.
Structured PICO
Does the Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD) safely protect high-risk cardiac patients not eligible for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator from sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias?
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Population
High-risk cardiac patients who are not eligible for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Intervention
Wearable Cardioverter Defibrillator (WCD)
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Outcome
Sustained ventricular tachyarrhythmias at 3 monthshard clinical
The WEARIT-II Registry suggests the wearable cardioverter defibrillator is safe and detects a high rate of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in high-risk patients awaiting ICD eligibility.
Cite This Study
Kutyifa et al. (2015) studied this question.