Using Long-Detection Interval for ICDs Associated With Reduction in Hospitalizations
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical AssociationUse of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) programmed with long-detection intervals for ventricular arrhythmias was associated with an increase in the time to first hospitalization and reductions in hospitalization rate, length of stay and costs, compared with standard interval programming, according to a study in the August 6 issue of JAMA.