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Implantable defibrillator therapy : a clinical guide /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Pacifico, Antonio, 1950-, Henry, Philip D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2002]
Series:Developments in cardiovascular medicine ; v. 243.
Subjects:
Defibrillators, Implantable.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac > therapy.
Ventricular Fibrillation > therapy.
Table of Contents:
  • Indication for ICD therapy
  • Overview of instrumentation
  • Defibrillator leads
  • Atrial defibrillators
  • Implantation
  • Device testing and programming at implantation
  • Testing at discharge
  • Postoperative follow-up and complications
  • Long-term follow-up
  • Adjunctive antiarrhythmic drug therapy
  • Lead system dysfunction, diagnosis, and therapy
  • Device proarrhythmia
  • Electromagnetic interference (EMI)
  • Anxiety and depression
  • ICD trial appendix