Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Step by Step
An Illustrated Guide
Published on 9. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
438 pages
978-1-4051-8638-4 (ISBN)
Description
* 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
Reviews / Votes
"Overall, this is a good introductory book to ICD implantation and the relevant science behind its use." (Doody's Reviews, June 2009)More details
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Roland X. Stroobandt | S. Serge Barold | Alfons F. Sinnaeve
Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillators Step by Step
An Illustrated Guide
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Roland X. Stroobandt | S. Serge Barold | Alfons F. Sinnaeve
Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillators Step by Step
An Illustrated Guide
E-Book
01/2009
Wiley-Blackwell
€69.99
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Persons
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
Author
Professor of Medicine, Heart Center, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; Department of Cardiology, A.Z. Damiaan Hospita
Rochester General Hospital and University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Professor Emeritus of Electronic Engineering, Technical University KHBO, Department of Electronics, Ostend, Belgium
Content
Preface. Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Illustrations.
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.
Text.
1. Cardiac tachyarrhythmias.
2. Indications for ICD.
3. ICD hardware.
4. ICD implantation and lead systems.
5. Sensing and detection of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation.
6. 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: 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Death.
14. Appendix B: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society: 2008 Guidelines for ICD and CRT.
Index.
Introduction.
Illustrations.
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.
Text.
1. Cardiac tachyarrhythmias.
2. Indications for ICD.
3. ICD hardware.
4. ICD implantation and lead systems.
5. Sensing and detection of ventricular tachycardia/fibrillation.
6. 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: 2006 Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias and the Prevention of Sudden Death.
14. Appendix B: American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association/Heart Rhythm Society: 2008 Guidelines for ICD and CRT.
Index.