Quality of Life in Younger Persons With an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
- 1 March 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing
- Vol. 14 (2) , 100-11
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003465-199503000-00009
Abstract
Although a life-saving device for people with potentially lethal ventricular arrhythmias, the implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) also imposes numerous limitations. This is especially true for active younger people who will have many more years of trying to cope with the limitations the device imposes. The authors report how younger people with ICDs describe the quality of their life, and suggest ways nurses can help these individuals manage with an ICD.Keywords
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