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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020163703321

Autore

Böcker Dirk

Titolo

Current indications for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator / / by Dirk Bocker, Lars Eckardt, Gunter Breithardt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2004

ISBN

9786610197224

9781280197222

1280197226

9780470761908

0470761903

9780470750797

0470750790

9781405146180

1405146184

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (102 p.)

Collana

Clinical approaches to tachyarrhythmias ; ; v. 18

Altri autori (Persone)

EckardtLars

BreithardtGünter

Disciplina

617.4/120592

Soggetti

Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted

Heart - Surgery

Defibrillators

Arrhythmia - Treatment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Evolution of guidelines for defibrillator therapy -- Background of ICD therapy -- Current indications for ICD therapy -- Legal implications of defibrillator guidelines.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, well-known physicians, Bocker, Eckardt and Breithardt have put together a succinct and focused book that compliments the CATA Series well. Implantation of defibrillators has evolved dramatically since its introduction by Mirowski in 1980. Technological improvements in devices and leads included a gradual reduction in the size of the device, the introduction of the endocardial approach in 1988, the biphasic waveform and antitachycardia pacing in 1991,



pectoral implantation in 1995, inclusion of DDD pacing in 1996 and the delivery of atrial therapies in 1998.  Since the first