PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Buckley, Rita
ED  - Goldenberg, Ilan
TI  - Wearable Defibrillator is a Safe Bridge to ICD Therapy Decision-Making
DP  - 2013 Jul 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 11--12
VI  - 13
IP  - 3
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/11.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/3/11.full
AB  - A registry and a follow-up of patients using the LifeVest Wearable Cardiac Defibrillator (WCD), WEARIT-II, shows that the vest saves lives and can be safely used to bridge a decision for appropriate implantable cardioverter defibrillator therapy. The purpose of the study was to provide prospective data on the safety and efficacy of a bridging strategy with the WCD in a real-world setting. This article presents 18-month results for the first 882 patients enrolled in the United States from August 2011 through April 2013.