Current indications for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator [[electronic resource] /] / by Dirk Böcker, Lars Eckardt, Günter Breithardt

• Autore: Böcker Dirk
• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (102 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.412059; 617.4120592
• Soggetto topico: Cardiovascular instruments, Implanted; Heart - Surgery; Defibrillators; Arrhythmia - Treatment
• Altri autori: EckardtLars BreithardtGünter
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Current indications for the implantable cardioverter defibrillator
• ISBN: 1-280-19722-6; 9786610197224; 0-470-76190-3; 0-470-75079-0; 1-4051-4618-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996205346403316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno
• Serie: Clinical approaches to tachyarrhythmias ; ; v. 18.