Defibrillators, Implantable

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Implantable devices which continuously monitor the electrical activity of the heart and automatically detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) and VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. They consist of an impulse generator, batteries, and electrodes.

Descriptor ID	D017147
MeSH Number(s)	E07.305.250.159.175 E07.305.250.319.175 E07.695.202.175
Concept/Terms	Defibrillators, Implantable Defibrillators, Implantable Implantable Defibrillators Defibrillator, Implantable Implantable Defibrillator Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators, Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Implantable Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Defibrillators, Implantable".

Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Equipment and Supplies [E07]
Electrical Equipment and Supplies [E07.305]
Electrodes [E07.305.250]
Defibrillators [E07.305.250.159]
Defibrillators, Implantable [E07.305.250.159.175]
Electrodes, Implanted [E07.305.250.319]
Defibrillators, Implantable [E07.305.250.319.175]
Prostheses and Implants [E07.695]
Electrodes, Implanted [E07.695.202]
Defibrillators, Implantable [E07.695.202.175]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	3	1	4
2003	4	0	4
2004	5	1	6
2005	7	3	10
2006	6	0	6
2007	5	1	6
2008	3	3	6
2009	6	5	11
2010	5	4	9
2011	3	0	3
2012	8	0	8
2013	7	0	7
2014	7	5	12
2015	7	3	10
2016	10	0	10
2017	10	3	13
2018	6	1	7
2019	4	0	4
2020	9	3	12
2021	4	2	6
2022	10	0	10
2023	5	0	5
2024	3	0	3
2025	0	1	1

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Nuvvula S, Kakouros N, Alqalyoobi S, Stokken G, Mir T, Qureshi WT. Impact of ventricular arrhythmia in patients with sarcoidosis: an analysis of the national readmission database. Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2025 Aug; 23(8):469-475.

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Ezenna C, Pereira V, Abozenah M, Franco AJ, Gbegbaje O, Zaidi A, Krishna MM, Joseph M, Ramesh P, Chalhoub F. Perioperative direct oral anticoagulant management during cardiac implantable electronic device surgery: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis. J Interv Card Electrophysiol. 2025 Jun; 68(4):845-856.

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Narayanan CA, Bokhari N, Rowin EJ, Maron MS, Maron BJ, Link MS, Madias C. Maintenance of Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients With Iatrogenic Left Bundle-Branch Block After Septal Myectomy. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Apr 16; 13(8):e033728.

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Maron MS, Rowin EJ, Maron BJ. The Paradigm of Sudden Death Prevention in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol. 2024 02 01; 212S:S64-S76.

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Sink J, Peigh G, Speakman B, Banno J, Sanders D, Nso N, Waits G, Lohrmann G, Elsayed M, Carneiro H, Baman J, Pfenniger A, Patil KD, Arora R, Kim SS, Chicos AB, Lin AC, Passman RS, Knight BP, Dandamudi S, Kaplan RM, Huang H, Wasserlauf J, Verma N. Correlation between high- and low-voltage impedance measurements following subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator implantation. Heart Rhythm. 2024 04; 21(4):492-494.

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Huang DT, Gosev I, Wood KL, Vidula H, Stevenson W, Marchlinski F, Supple G, Zalawadiya SK, Weiss JP, Tung R, Tzou WS, Moss JD, Kancharla K, Chaudhry SP, Patel PJ, Khan AM, Schuger C, Rozen G, Kiernan MS, Couper GS, Leacche M, Molina EJ, Shah AD, Lloyd M, Sroubek J, Soltesz E, Shivkumar K, White C, Tankut S, Johnson BA, McNitt S, Kutyifa V, Zareba W, Goldenberg I. Design and characteristics of the prophylactic intra-operative ventricular arrhythmia ablation in high-risk LVAD candidates (PIVATAL) trial. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol. 2023 09; 28(5):e13073.

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Maron BJ, Estes NAM, Rowin EJ, Maron MS, Reynolds MR. Development of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator: JACC Historical Breakthroughs in Perspective. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 07 25; 82(4):353-373.

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Maron MS, Rowin EJ, Bonaventura J, Maron BJ. Do Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Really Belong on the Athlete Field? Am J Cardiol. 2023 08 01; 200:236-238.

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Maron MS, Rowin E, Spirito P, Maron BJ. Differing strategies for sudden death prevention in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart. 2023 03 27; 109(8):589-594.

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Talha KM, Jain V, Yamani N, Fatima K, Rashid AM, Hernandez GA, Dani SS, Fudim M, Minhas AMK. Temporal Trends and Outcomes of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2023 Apr; 48(4):101548.

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