Wearable cardioverter-defibrillators in the spotlight.

摘要

Wearable cardioverler-defibrillators (WCDs) arc sometimes used as a 'bridge' to implantalion of implantable eardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in circumstances where ICD) implantation must be deferred. However, many physicians have looked for alternative options, as they believe that the size and weight of the WCD unit will result in poor palient compliance. A new study has, in fact, shown that the majority of users in the USA have good compliance and that survival is comparable with that for ICD use.