Abbott Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator

This original monograph covers the indications for ICD and broad principles of their function using clinical cases and an atlas of tracings meticulously selected from recipients of Saint Jude Medical defibrillators. The first tracings familiarize the readers with the various markers and with the specificities of the manufacturer with respect to diagnosis, discrimination, therapies and the memorization of the episodes. Once familiar with these characteristics, the reader can focus on clinical examples and on the specifics encountered during the follow-up of an ICD patient. The interpretation of the tracings is didactically detailed by systematically describing the multiple stages that lead to the final diagnosis. A practical comment, thereafter, offers a solution to the problem posed, and presents possible programming changes adapted to the specific characteristics of each patient.