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Expert Rev Med Devices ; 2(1): 33-9, 2005 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16293026

ABSTRACT

Sudden cardiac death is an unresolved problem which causes significant mortality and morbidity in both the community and in-hospital setting. Cardiac arrest is often caused by ventricular tachyarrhythmias which may be mostly interrupted by cardioversion or defibrillation. The single most critical factor for survival is the response time. Over the last 30 years, there have been virtually no procedural changes in the way hospitals address in-hospital resuscitation. A unique device has been developed that eliminates human intervention and assures defibrillation therapy is administered in seconds. This is accomplished with a fully automatic, external bedside monitor defibrillator designed to be prophylactically attached to hospitalized patients at risk of ventricular tachyarrhythmia. The safety and efficacy of the device has been demonstrated in multicenter US and European trials. Thus, this device allows a new scenario which may increase survival and enables meaningful redistribution of health resources.


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Defibrillators , Electric Countershock/instrumentation , Emergency Treatment/instrumentation , Heart Arrest/prevention & control , Hospitalization , Tachycardia, Ventricular/therapy , Therapy, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation , Clinical Trials as Topic , Critical Care/methods , Emergency Service, Hospital , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis , Europe , Heart Arrest/etiology , Humans , Tachycardia, Ventricular/complications , Technology Assessment, Biomedical , Therapy, Computer-Assisted/methods , United States
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