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Sport Participation in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Lampert R. Sport Participation in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators. Current Treatment Options In Cardiovascular Medicine 2019, 21: 66. PMID: 31728782, DOI: 10.1007/s11936-019-0772-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImplantable cardioverter defibrillatorCardioverter defibrillatorSports participationAHA/ACCRecent consensus statementIIb recommendationICD patientsCardiovascular diseaseConsensus statementConsensus recommendationsPhysical activityInterscholastic athletesYounger subgroupPatientsCompetitive sportsAthletesAthletic eligibilitySubanalysesArrhythmiasRegistryInjuryDefibrillatorDisease
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Depression as a predictor for appropriate shocks among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators Results from the Triggers of Ventricular Arrhythmias (TOVA) study
Whang W, Albert CM, Sears SF, Lampert R, Conti JB, Wang PJ, Singh JP, Ruskin JN, Muller JE, Mittleman MA, Investigators T. Depression as a predictor for appropriate shocks among patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators Results from the Triggers of Ventricular Arrhythmias (TOVA) study. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2005, 45: 1090-1095. PMID: 15808769, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.12.053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCoronary artery diseaseVT/VFSymptoms of depressionVentricular arrhythmiasSevere depressionAnderson-Gill proportional hazards modelsArrhythmia studiesImplantable cardioverter defibrillator patientsEpidemiologic Studies Depression ScaleCardioverter-defibrillator patientsFatal ventricular arrhythmiasProportional hazards modelRisk of shockCAD patientsFirst shockAppropriate shocksArtery diseaseICD dischargesICD patientsRecurrent episodesMultiple confoundersElevated riskSevere symptomsDepression severityHazards model