The value of a healthy debate [0.03%]
健康辩论的价值
Emile G Daoud,Raul Weiss
Emile G Daoud
Ranjan K Thakur,Andrea Natale
Ranjan K Thakur
Kyle E Karches,Daniel P Sulmasy
Kyle E Karches
The 2010 guidelines regarding management of cardiovascular implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) conclude that patient requests to deactivate these devices at the end of life should be honored. Nevertheless, many clinicians and patients re...
Guy Amit,Jeff S Healey
Guy Amit
The induction and termination of ventricular fibrillation at the time of defibrillator insertion (defibrillation testing [DT]) has traditionally been an integral component of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) implantation. Howeve...
Juan Fernández-Armenta,Diego Penela,Juan Acosta et al.
Juan Fernández-Armenta et al.
Most patients with structural heart disease referred for ventricular tachycardia ablation have unstable tachycardias not suitable for conventional mapping (ie, entrainment mapping). Substrate-guided mapping and ablation during sinus rhythm ...
Todd T Tomson,Rod Passman
Todd T Tomson
Atrial tachyarrhythmias are common in patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) with atrial leads. These atrial tachyarrhythmias are detected as atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs) by the CIED. AHREs may be brief, infrequen...
Sean D Pokorney,Sana M Al-Khatib
Sean D Pokorney
An implantable-cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) can terminate ventricular arrhythmias by delivering a shock or by antitachycardia pacing (ATP). The ATP works by capturing the excitable gap and disrupting re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias. ...
Generator exchange in a primary prevention cardiac resynchronziation responder: do you reimplant a defibrillator? [0.03%]
一级预防心脏再同步治疗反应者中的除颤器植入与否？
Jaime E Gonzalez,William H Sauer
Jaime E Gonzalez
This case-based review discusses the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and whether defibrillation function is necessary in CRT responders. An evaluation of the literature and evidence to date is discussed. Recommendations ...
Troy Rhodes,Raul Weiss
Troy Rhodes
Congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) is an inherited disorder of myocardial repolarization characterized by prolongation of the QT interval associated with life-threatening polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. The treatment of congenital LQTS...
Steven K Carlson,Rahul N Doshi
Steven K Carlson
Patients with newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy require careful assessment of cause and initiation of treatment before the decision is made to implant an internal cardiac defibrillator. In patients with medicine-refractory atrial fibrillation ...