The procedure is known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). The doctor will take blood vessel from another part of the body and graft them onto the heart to bypass one, two, three, or more blocked coronary arteries. The procedure requires a stay in the hospital afterwards to recover. W...
As a result, the upper limit of vulnerability (ULV), which is defined as the highest shock strength (SS) above which no arrhythmia is induced, can be used to approximate the defibrillation threshold as part of the clinical procedure of programming the implantable cardioverter/defibrillators. View...
The DFT was measured with a step-by-step method in the patients upon implant. Further, we evaluated the relationship between the DFT and the clinical outcome, which included major cardiac adverse events and any cause of death.The mean DFT was 11.6 ± 9.24J in total. In 40 patients (49.4...
The technique uses low-energy pulses that eliminate the pain associated with the classic defibrillator. The method as a step-by-step procedure is discussed wherein it uses a cardiac catheter in ...
Defibrillation has no contraindications. The presence of a pacemaker or implanted cardiac defibrillator does not change the indication or performance of the procedure when a shockable rhythm is present. Equipment A cardiac monitor with defibrillation capability or an automated external defibrillator (AED) ...
To determine the left border of the vulnerable window, an analog procedure was repeated at the same shock strength but at a shock coupling interval of 150 ms. The step size of changes in shock coupling intervals was 10 ms. Because the width of the vulnerable window is shock-strength ...
Active pectoral pulse generators are used routinely for initial ICD placement because they reduce DFTs and simplify the implantation procedure. Despite the common use of these systems, little is known regarding the clinical predictors of defibrillation efficacy with active pulse generator lead ...
The defibrillation thresholds (DFTs) at different pathway impedances were determined utilizing a 5-step up-and-down protocol. The procedure was repeated after an interval of 5min. A total of 30 fibrillation events and defibrillation attempts were investigated for each animal. The pulse duration ...
Selection criteria, procedure techniques, and protocol are not clearly defined and vary across observational studies. The terms and/or nomenclature used to describe DED are confusing and vary throughout the literature. Despite increased use of DED, many questions remain as to which patients will ...