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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Bar chart showing 178 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	3	1	4
2003	4	0	4
2004	5	1	6
2005	8	3	11
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	7	1	8
2019	4	1	5
2020	9	3	12
2021	4	2	6
2022	10	0	10
2023	5	0	5
2024	3	0	3
2025	0	1	1
2026	0	2	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Defibrillators, Implantable" by people in Profiles.

Kramer CM, Kolm P, DiMarco JP, Desai MY, Ho CY, Kwong RY, Dolman SF, Desvigne-Nickens P, Geller N, Kim DY, Schulz-Menger J, Friedrich MG, Maron MS, Appelbaum E, Link MS, Francis GS, Greenberg B, Jerosch-Herold M, Piechnik S, Mahmod M, Raman B, Jacoby DL, Baldassare LA, White JA, Chiribiri A, Helms AS, Choudhury L, Michels M, Bradlow WM, Salerno M, Heitner SB, Masri A, Prasad SK, Mohiddin SA, Plein S, Madias C, Mahrholdt H, Bucciarelli-Ducci C, Nightingale AK, Weinsaft JW, Kim HW, McCann GP, van Rossum A, Germans T, Williamson EE, Geske JB, Flett AS, Dawson D, Mongeon FP, Olivotto I, Crean AM, Woo A, Owens AT, Anderson L, Sharma S, Biagini E, Newby DE, Andre F, Berry C, Kim B, Larose E, Abraham TP, Hays AG, Sherrid MV, Gelfand EV, Nagueh SF, Rimoldi O, Camici P, Elstein E, Autore C, Watkins H, Weintraub WS, Neubauer S. Predictors of Long-Term Outcomes in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: The NHLBI HCM Registry. JAMA. 2026 Jun 09; 335(22):1959-1969.

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Maron BJ, Ommen SR, Nishimura RA, McKenna WJ, Rakowski H, Sherrid MV, Olivotto I, Braunwald E, Maron MS. Evolution and Transformation of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy From a High Risk to a Treatable Low Mortality Disease With Contemporary Clinical Research Strategies. J Am Heart Assoc. 2026 Jun 16; 15(12):e047462.

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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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