Implantable Cardiac Devices Technology

• Main Author: Korpas, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Biotechnology.; Cardiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedical engineering.; Medicine & Public Health.; Biomedical Engineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Development in a majority of medicine branches today is  based on technological advancement. This is the case in cardiology, where medical devices designed to correct heart rhythm – pacemakers, cardioverters-defibrillators and biventricular systems – are implanted in order to help a sick heart. Medi...

Table of Contents:

• Pacemaker history and development
• Basics of pacing
• Cardiac anatomy and physiology
• Cardiac rhythm disorders, pathophysiology, pharmacological treatment.- Pacing modes. -Indication for implants.- Leads.-Pacing systems.-Pacemaker timing.-Implantable cardioverters-defibrillator.- Cardiac resynchronization therapy
• Implant, explant and replacement of systems
• Patient follow-ups
• Electromagnetic compatibility and technical requirements.