New-onset anxiety and depression are frequently seen after a first-time implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implant, Danish researchers confirm.
Within the first 2 years, clinical levels of anxiety and depression were recorded in 14.5% and 11.3%, respectively, of patients who had been free of such symptoms prior to receiving the device, Susanne Pedersen, PhD (Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense), reported recently during the virtual European Heart Rhythm Association Congress 2021.
“The take-home message here is that it is insufficient if we only screen ICD patients [for these symptoms] at baseline,” because these cases would be missed, she said. “And we know that anxiety and depression are risk factors for premature mortality, but also cardiac arrhythmias.”
After nearly two hours of discussion and testimony, the Yavapai County Planning & Zoning Commission voted 8-1 to recommend approval of a five-year use permit for the organizers of a popular art tent show in the Village of Oak Creek. The Yavapai County Board of Supervisors are expected to vote on the matter next month. Photo by David Jolkovski/Larson Newspapers
The show must go on the art show, that is.
That was the feeling of the majority of those on the Yavapai County Planning and Zoning Commission regarding a request from the operators of the Sedona Vista Village Art Shows in the Village of Oak Creek.