Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Stored ECGs Clinical Management and Case Reports /

• Main Authors: Jordaens, Luc J. (Author), Theuns, Dominic A.M.J (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2007.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Internal Medicine.

Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) therapy is a key method for treating cardiovascular patients, used for both primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death. While a common intervention, the difficulties of understanding events during follow-up limit follow-up to centers with kn...

Table of Contents:

• Diagnostics and Therapy by the ICD: Better than the Cardiologist?
• Rhythm Classification by Arrhythmia Management Devices
• Device Diagnostics: Interval Tables, Event Counters, Interval Plots, Markers, Electrograms, and New Features
• Understanding Stored Electrograms
• A Practical Approach to Analyze Stored Electrograms
• Clinical Case Studies.