Heart : official journal of the British Cardiac Society
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To compare the long-term effects of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and CPR/automatic external defibrillator (AED) training on anxiety and depression of patients who were medically stable after myocardial infarction (MI) and of their spouses/companions. ⋯ There was no evidence that home AEDs caused psychological distress among patients. Even among those who were psychologically distressed when they were assigned to receive either CPR training or CPR/AEDs, home AEDs did not influence changes in patients' depression or anxiety or spouses' depression in comparison with CPR training. Among psychologically distressed spouses, AEDs may keep anxiety higher than it would be otherwise. Interventions to reduce anxiety of spouses who are psychologically distressed may be indicated when their partners receive an AED.
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Comparative Study
Efficacy of percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale: comparison among three commonly used occluders.
Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale (PFO) is standard treatment for patients with paradoxical embolism but studies examining the efficacy of the various occluders are lacking. ⋯ Percutaneous PFO closure is an efficacious progressive treatment but closure rates also depend on the presence of aneurysm and differ between occluders.