Implantable Cardioverter - Defibrillators Step by Step

An Illustrated Guide

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators Step by Step: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Health care professionals now have a clear and concise overview of all relevant aspects of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators. In the successful fomat established by Cardiac Pacemakers Step by Step, this handy paperback demystifies the devices that have revolutionized cardiac care.Authored – not edited – for a smooth, easy-to-read presentation, the book uses: full-page illustrations in full coloraccompanying textrepresentative ICD tracingsto explain important aspects of ICD therapy. Progressing from basic to more sophisticated topics, the authors concentrate on clinically useful material. All members of the patient care team will welcome this timely guide.COMPANION WEBSITEWith this book you are given free access to a companion resources site.www.wiley.com/go/icdstepbystep The website includes over 150 images taken from this bookYou are free to download these images and use them in your own presentations; details insideBY THE SAME AUTHORSCardiac Pacemakers Step by Step: An Illustrated Guide

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-01-09
Mått:218 x 277 x 20 mm
Vikt:1 247 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:448
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781405186384

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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, Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida Cardiology Division, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, USA Alfons F. Sinnaeve, MD, Professor Emeritus of Electronic Engineering, Technical University KHBO, Department of Electronics, Ostend, Belgium

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"Overall, this is a good introductory book to ICD implantation and the relevant science behind its use." (Doody's Reviews, June 2009)

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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.