ICDs (implantable cardioverter-defibrillators)

To continue proper heart pace majority of children with inborn heart disease is getting ICDs (implantable cardioverter-defibrillators).During 1980s ICDs were introduced for the first time for the adults but it is still not known whether they work in children or not Who are just 1% of total receivers of that ICDs.

The largest children study

The largest children study was summarized in a report of Journal of the American College of Cardiology on 29th April, 2008.According to the study, there is no doubt about the life-saving capability of the device but among children it gives more unsuitable shocks than it gives to adult and it is very important to observe those children that are have been treated ICDs.

Data from 443 patients

A cardiac expert at Children’s Hospital Boston named Charles Berul, MD, was the lead author of that study.Data from 443 patients who were the recipients of the device during 1992 to 2004 were analyzed.In this study pediatric heart patients and adults with inborn cardiac disease were included and the average age of the subjects were 16 years.

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