Implantable cardioverter defibrillators step by step

Contents

Preface vi

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Illustrations 1

1. Cardiac tachyarrhythmias 1

2. Indications 21

3. ICD hardware 39

Battery, capacitors and leads 39

4. ICD implantation 67

5. Sensing and detection 90

6. SVT/VT discrimination 112

7. ICD therapies 144

8. ICD timing cycles 168

9. Complications of ICD therapy 176

10. Follow-up of ICDs 195

11. Troubleshooting 217

12. Special ICD functions and resynchronization therapy 229

13. ICD function with emphasis on stored electrograms 255

Representative examples 1 to 65 260

 

Text 333

1. Cardiac tachyarrhythmias 333

2. Indications for ICD 337

3. ICD hardware 342

4. ICD implantation and lead systems - 349

5. Sensing and detection of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation 354

6. SVT/VT discrimination 357

7. ICD therapies 360

8. Timing cycles of ICDs 367

9. Complications of ICD therapy 368

10. ICD follow-up 374

11. Troubleshooting 382

12. Cardiac resynchronization 388

13. 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 400

14. Appendix B: American College —

of Cardiology/American Heart

Association/Heart Rhythm Society:

2008 Guidelines for ICD and CRT 406

Index 409