An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator is a device implanted in the heart to monitor the heartbeat, and it also reboots the heart with electrical impulses. ICD is indicated in patients with left ventricular dysfunction due to myocardial infarction, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, sustained ventricular tachycardia, recurrent ventricular tachycardia, etc. The drawbacks of the surgery are infection at the implant site, swelling, bleeding, damage to the veins, etc.
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Can alcohol and steroid cause heart failure with low ejection fraction?
Query: Hi doctor, My husband was just diagnosed with congestive heart failure with 25% ejection fraction. They also found an artery 100% blocked, but his own body made another vein and they discovered it is viable, so no bypass surgery is needed. They also discovered his mitral valve is stiffened, and not... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Thanks for the query madam. Good to know you are worried about your husband. Yes, alcohol and steroids do cause harm to the heart. Make sure your husband never uses these suicidal drugs again, as now he has an ejection fraction of only 25%. Coming to the mitral valve, i... Read Full »
What are the side effects of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
Query: Hello doctor, Could you let me know if an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator can cause AFib? Please explain. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. Implantable defibrillators are implanted to terminate an episode of atrial arrhythmia. AFib (atrial fibrillation) is also a type of atrial arrhythmia. The ICD (implantable cardioverter defibrillator) not only provides treatment for atrial arrhythmias but also for ventric... Read Full »
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