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Record Nr.

UNINA9910145827603321

Autore

Stroobandt R. (Roland)

Titolo

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators step by step : an illustrated guide / / Roland X. Stroobandt, S. Serge Barold, Alfons F. Sinnaeve

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2009

©2009

ISBN

1-282-00786-6

9786612007866

1-4443-0337-6

1-4443-0338-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (440 p.)

Disciplina

617.4

617.4/120645

617.4120645

Soggetti

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Cardiac tachyarrhythmias; 2. Indications; 3. ICD hardware Battery, capacitors and leads; 4. ICD implantation; 5. Sensing and detection; 6. SVT/VT discrimination; 7. ICD therapies; 8. ICD timing cycles; 9. Complications of ICD therapy; 10. Follow-up of ICDs; 11. Troubleshooting; 12. Special ICD functions and resynchronization therapy; 13. ICD function with emphasis on stored electrograms; Representative examples 1 to 65; 1 Cardiac tachyarrhythmias; 2 Indications for ICD; 3 ICD hardware; 4 ICD implantation and lead systems

5 Sensing and detection of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation6 SVT/VT discrimination; 7 ICD therapies; 8 Timing cycles of ICDs; 9 Complications of ICD therapy; 10 ICD follow-up; 11 Troubleshooting; 12 Cardiac resynchronization; 13 APPENDIX A American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/European Society of Cardiology; 14 APPENDIX B American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society; Index



Sommario/riassunto

* 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