Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillators Step by Step: An Illustrated Guide

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.