Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are electronic devices installed in the chest to prevent sudden death caused by abnormally fast heart rhythms. Cardiac electrophysiologists are the physicians usually responsible for implanting and maintaining these devices. The technology for ICDs is rapidly evolving, and the articles in this issue will help electrophysiologists to keep up to date with the current generation of ICDs, including selection of patients who are appropriate for the device, monitoring patients after the device is implanted, and troubleshooting problems with the device.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Advances in ICD Therapy: “Ripples of the Past” - p. 5 6. Advances in ICD Therapy - p. 6 7. Indications for a Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator - p. 7 8. Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Therapy in Pediatric Patients and Congenital Heart Disease - p. 13 9. ICD Lead Extraction - p. 20 10. Strategies to Reduce ICD Shocks: The Role of Supraventricular Tachycardia–Ventricular Tachycardia Discriminators - p. 27 11. Complications of ICD Generator Change and Implantations - p. 35 12. Total Subcutaneous Defibrillators: The Current Status and Future Prospect of a New Technology - p. 44 13. Lead Fracture: Incidence, Diagnosis and Preventing Inappropriate ICD Therapy - p. 49 14. Cost-effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy - p. 56 15. Unusual ICD Access - p. 65 16. Caring for the Heart and Mind in ICD Patients - p. 69 17. Advances in Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardiac Devices - p. 79 18. Defibrillation Threshold: Testing, Upper Limit of Vulnerability, and Methods for Reduction - p. 85 19. Reducing ICD Shocks for Ventricular Arrhythmias - p. 97 20. New Developments in ICD Leads and ICD Lead Configurations - p. 106 21. Index - p. 108
Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) are electronic devices installed in the chest to prevent sudden death caused by abnormally fast heart rhythms. Cardiac electrophysiologists are the physicians usually responsible for implanting and maintaining these devices. The technology for ICDs is rapidly evolving, and the articles in this issue will help electrophysiologists to keep up to date with the current generation of ICDs, including selection of patients who are appropriate for the device, monitoring patients after the device is implanted, and troubleshooting problems with the device.
1. Cover - p. 1 2. Contributors - p. 2 3. Contents - p. 3 4. Forthcoming Issues - p. 4 5. Advances in ICD Therapy: “Ripples of the Past” - p. 5 6. Advances in ICD Therapy - p. 6 7. Indications for a Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator - p. 7 8. Implantable Cardioverter–Defibrillator Therapy in Pediatric Patients and Congenital Heart Disease - p. 13 9. ICD Lead Extraction - p. 20 10. Strategies to Reduce ICD Shocks: The Role of Supraventricular Tachycardia–Ventricular Tachycardia Discriminators - p. 27 11. Complications of ICD Generator Change and Implantations - p. 35 12. Total Subcutaneous Defibrillators: The Current Status and Future Prospect of a New Technology - p. 44 13. Lead Fracture: Incidence, Diagnosis and Preventing Inappropriate ICD Therapy - p. 49 14. Cost-effectiveness of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy - p. 56 15. Unusual ICD Access - p. 65 16. Caring for the Heart and Mind in ICD Patients - p. 69 17. Advances in Remote Monitoring of Implantable Cardiac Devices - p. 79 18. Defibrillation Threshold: Testing, Upper Limit of Vulnerability, and Methods for Reduction - p. 85 19. Reducing ICD Shocks for Ventricular Arrhythmias - p. 97 20. New Developments in ICD Leads and ICD Lead Configurations - p. 106 21. Index - p. 108
