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ArticleClinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society2019

Follow-up of the first patients with a totally subcutaneous ICD in Germany from implantation till battery depletion.

Markus Bettin, Benjamin Rath, Christian Ellermann, Patrick Leitz, Florian Reinke, Julia Köbe, Lars Eckardt, Gerrit Frommeyer

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Article in Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Incidence of premature battery depletion in subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator patients: insights from a multicenter registry.Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing · 2025
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  4. [History of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in Germany].Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2024
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  5. Outcome differences and device performance of the subcutaneous ICD in patients with and without structural heart disease.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2020
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  6. Performance of the entirely subcutaneous ICD in borderline indications.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2020
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  9. Feasibility of entirely subcutaneous ICD™ systems in patients with coronary artery disease.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2019
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  10. Prognostic impact of recurrences of ventricular tachyarrhythmias and appropriate ICD therapies in a high-risk ICD population.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Markus BettinDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Benjamin RathDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Christian EllermannDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Patrick LeitzDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Florian ReinkeDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Julia KöbeDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Lars EckardtDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany.
Gerrit FrommeyerDepartment of Cardiology II-Electrophysiology, University Hospital Münster, Munster, Germany. gerrit.frommeyer@ukmuenster.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1431-9886

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe subcutaneous ICD is a promising treatment option in patients at risk for sudden cardiac death. Approved in 2009, the first S-ICD MATERIALS AND

methodsAll S-ICD

resultsTwenty-eight patients with S-ICD

conclusionThe estimated battery longevity of S-ICD

Indexed as

Defibrillators, ImplantableRegistriesAdultDeath, Sudden, CardiacFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMalePrimary PreventionProspective StudiesTachycardia, VentricularTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeBattery depletionDevice replacementLongevitySubcutaneous ICD

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