Key result
Shock therapy from implantable cardiac defibrillators is a potent predictor of both mortality and psychological functioning, highlighting a potential gap in current patient support services.
Shock therapy from implantable cardiac defibrillators significantly impacts psychological functioning, highlighting a potential gap in current patient support services.
Answers are grounded in this paper and cite their sources.
Highlights need for enhanced post-ICD shock support; leaves open whether interventions improve survival or functioning.
Patients with a history of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and poor ventricular function are at high risk of sudden cardiac death and, as such, are candidates for a primary-prevention implantable cardiac defibrillator. The evidence for the use of implantable cardiac defibrillators in the prevention of sudden cardiac death is irrefutable. However, the impact of the implantable cardiac defibrillator on the psychological functioning of a patient is still being investigated. Shock therapy is recognised as being a potent predictor of both mortality and psychological functioning in defibrillator recipients; it is questionable whether patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators are receiving the support they need from current service provision.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Sarah Clarke (2015) conducted a review in Coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, and poor ventricular function requiring primary-prevention implantable cardiac defibrillator. Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) shock therapy was evaluated on Psychological functioning and mortality. Shock therapy from implantable cardiac defibrillators is a potent predictor of both mortality and psychological functioning, highlighting a potential gap in current patient support services.
Synapse has enriched 10 related papers. Consider them for comparative context: