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Wearable ICD?
Does anyone heard anything about wearable ICD by ZOLL? You don't have to do a surgery and it works like an emergency. But this will not pace you or anything like that. Does anyone knows anyone who has it?
5 Comments
thank you
by Olena - 2014-10-14 10:10:10
Yes, it seems like it is only temporally deal, but good one. It also gives a warning before it will shock you and you can press the button to turn off the shock if it missfiring. Too bad regular ICDs don't have a warnings and turn off buttons.
Zoll vest
by laurarobins1 - 2014-11-01 03:11:27
I have one on right now. Yes they are temporary. I am waiting to get an implant. My insurance company declined just the defibrillator, they will only pay for the pacemaker. But, in reading online I am thinking that is what I need? Who know's? My Dr. told me how each one is i,planted and I chose...but in reading HE should have been the one to tell me which one I NEED! Kind of upset at this time. I will be calling him Monday. By the way....the vest rents for $3,000.00 a month. YIKES!
Laura
Zoll LifeVest
by ricshannon - 2014-12-07 05:12:57
Wore one for 90 days while awaiting insurance approval for ICD implant. That just took place so now I am returning the vest to Zoll.
The vest is easy to use, is pretty comfortable, and works. I had several "events" during the 90 days which I was able to intercept before the unit fired a defib pulse. Each event was kept and transmitted to the Zoll offices then on to my Dr. Although there were many false signals the important data was always there for the Drs.
I had peace of mind knowing I had automated ICD protection in the event of SCA. Now with the implant I have a more "permanent" solution.
I believe this was a very important device to have been "given" in order to be able to react to this sudden (suprise) diagnosis of nonischemic systolic CHF.
I highly recommend the Zoll LifeVest system as a temporary device as recommended by your Dr.
Zoll Vest
by JoeR - 2015-02-25 12:02:43
I went into cardiac arrest 3 months ago and wear one of these ZOLL life vests. It has kept my mind at ease knowing that if I did get another attack, it would shock me back. It has given me a warning about 5 times since to check the leads, but that was it. It has never went off on me. Now I have to return it and will be getting an ICD inserted. I am very worried about this, mostly because of getting zapped. I commute 2 hrs each way to work by bus and if it goes off when I am on the bus, I don't know how freaked out I will be. I am hoping that the zapping will be minimal and hardly happens to me.
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LifeVest
by golden_snitch - 2014-10-14 02:10:28
Hi!
I guess you refer to the so called "LifeVest" by Zoll. I just heard from someone in a German patient forum, who's currently wearing one. I think that person had her ICD removed because of an infection, and is now wearing the LifeVest until a new ICD can be implanted. Also, I know that the heart clinic where I'm being seen is offering lifevests to people at risk for sudden cardiac arrest.
Here's some information about it from Cleveland Clinic:
http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/heart/services/lifevest
Best wishes
Inga