Examination of Research Trends on Patient Factors in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
| Autor: | A B S Lauren Stutts, Natalie J. Cross, Samuel F. Sears, Jamie B. Conti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment Reviews Anxiety Ventricular tachycardia Quality of life Risk of mortality medicine Humans Psychiatry Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression business.industry Research General Medicine Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator medicine.disease Defibrillators Implantable Emergency medicine Ventricular fibrillation Quality of Life medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Psychosocial |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Cardiology. 30:64-68 |
| ISSN: | 1932-8737 0160-9289 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/clc.20035 |
| Popis: | Background The implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) is the most effective treatment available for terminating potentially life-threatening ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation and reducing the risk of mortality. Despite its established health benefits, ICD therapy is accompanied by a unique array of patient and psychological factors meriting ample research attention. The purpose of this paper is to examine research trends and results regarding patient factors in cardiac and ICD research and to discuss key areas for future research. Hypothesis: An increase in articles associated with patient factors in cardiac and ICD research will be shown over time. Methods: The Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) system in PubMed was used to index articles under a range of psychosocial headings for both cardiovascular disease and ICDs to quantify the frequency of articles published across time, the journals most frequently utilized, the most productive institutions, and the most common areas of inquiry. Results: A significant positive relationship was revealed between patient factors in cardiac research (r = 0.96, p |
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