Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillators Step by Step An Illustrated Guide

by Stroobandt, Roland X.; Barold, S. Serge; Sinnaeve, Alfons F.

• ISBN13: 9781405186384
• ISBN10: 1405186380
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-20
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

* A step-by-step look at a growing and difficult to understand area * Covers important aspects of ICD therapy with full-page illustrations, accompanying text and representative ICD recordings * An accompanying CD is also available * Useful for all health care workers involved with ICD patients

Author Biography

Roland X. Stroobandt

MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Heart Center, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium

Department of Cardiology, A.Z. Damiaan Hospital, Ostend, Belgium

S. Serge Barold

MD, FRACP, FACP, FACC, FESC, FHRS

Clinical Professor of Medicine,

University of South Florida Cardiology Division,

Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA

Alfons F. Sinnaeve

Ing, MSc

Professor Emeritus of Electronic Engineering

Technical University KHBO, Department of Electronics,

Ostend, Belgium

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Illustrations

Cardiac tachyarrhythmias

Indications

ICD hardware Battery, capacitors and leads

ICD implantation

Sensing and detection

SVT/VT discrimination

ICD therapies

ICD timing cycles

Complications of ICD therapy

Follow-up of ICDs

Troubleshooting

Special ICD functions and resynchronization therapy

ICD function with emphasis on stored electrograms

Representative examples 1 to 65

Text

Cardiac tachyarrhythmias

Indications for ICD

ICD hardware

ICD implantation and lead systems

Sensing and detection of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation

SVT/VT discrimination

ICD therapies

Timing cycles of ICDs

Complications of ICD therapy

ICD follow-up

Troubleshooting

Cardiac resynchronization

Appendix A American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/European Society of Cardiology

2006: Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Death

Appendix B American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society

2008: Guidelines for ICD and CRT

Index

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