GETTING FIRST ICD

How does one choose an ICD manufacturer? Pros and Cons etc.
Thank you
Mike

3 Comments

Choosing PM Brand

by SMITTY - 2014-01-31 05:01:38


Hello Michael,

I say you want one your dr. is most familiar with, or the one he recommends. My cardiologist told me, they all do about the same thing but some may do it slightly different from the others.

Since a pacemaker has the potential for several hundred different settings the last thing I would want is my dr. looking over my new pacemaker and thinking "Although it is a different brand from the one I implanted in old Bob, I wonder if this setting will give the same results as it does on the one I implanted in him."

Therefore I say let the dr. choose the brand of pacemaker you get.

Good luck,

Smitty

Michael

by Bevof NC - 2014-01-31 10:01:07



I wholeeartedly agree with Smitty. Welcome and best of luck to you. Bev of Nc

Choosing an ICD

by mtaylor - 2014-02-17 07:02:37

I would generally agree with listening to your doctor, but you can do some of your own research and find out what some different ones can/can't do. For example, I wasn't exactly awake when mine was chosen, but if given options and some time, I would have gone with a St. Jude device rather than my Medtronic, because they are rated to a significantly deeper underwater depth.

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