Lifevest system (Asahi Kasei Corp.) wearable cardiac defibrillator for prevention of sudden cardiac arrest
Record ID 32012000595
English
Authors' recommendations:
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is typically defined as unanticipated death due to cardiac causes that occurs within 1 hour of the onset of acute symptoms. Approximately 287,000 people in the United States die each year from heart disease without being admitted to the hospital. The overwhelming majority of SCDs from heart disease are thought to be caused by ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular fibrillation is rapid, uncoordinated twitching of the ventricle that replaces normal heart rhythm and may lead to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA). Early defibrillation, the restoration of the normal heart rhythm through drug treatment or through electrical shocks delivered by an implanted or external device, is instrumental in surviving an episode of ventricular fibrillation, and survival drops to only 5% for interventions given 10 minutes or more after the start of the abnormal rhythm.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2012
URL for published report:
The report may be purchased from:http://www.hayesinc.com/hayes/crd/?crd=6388
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
United States
MeSH Terms
- Humans
- Defibrillators
- Death, Sudden, Cardiac
Contact
Organisation Name:
HAYES, Inc.
Contact Address:
157 S. Broad Street, Suite 200, Lansdale, PA 19446, USA. Tel: 215 855 0615; Fax: 215 855 5218
Contact Name:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Contact Email:
saleinfo@hayesinc.com
Copyright:
2012 Winifred S. Hayes, Inc
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