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Pacing and Defibrillation

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Abstract

Currently most implanted pacing and defibrillation systems monitor and treat inappropriate cardiac rhythms. In general, these inappropriate rhythms result in cardiac outputs that are inadequate to meet metabolic demands, and thus can be life-threatening. In order to best understand the function of such pacing and defibrillation systems, the underlying physiologic situations indicated for their use must also be defined and understood. Furthermore, as with the design of any biomedical device or system, a “first-principles” understanding of the appropriate physiologic behavior is a prerequisite to the definition of the performance characteristics of the device. This chapter primarily aims to provide a basic understanding of the physiologic conditions that require intervention with pacing and/or defibrillation systems, as well as introduce technical information on these systems to provide the reader with a foundation for future research and reading on this topic.

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We would like to thank Mike Leners for the development of procedural animations, Medtronic Training and Education for the use of various graphics, the Visible Heart® team for support in capturing the intracardiac footage, Monica Mahre for editorial support, LifeSource, and Drs. Anne Fournier and Suzanne Vobecky of Sainte-Justine Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, for the radiographic images.

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  1. University of Minnesota, Department of Surgery, and Medtronic, Inc., 8200 Coral Sea St. NE, MVS84, Mounds view, MN 55112, USA

    Timothy G. Laske

  2. School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 777 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 58705, USA

    Anna Legreid Dopp

  3. Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, B172Mayo,MMC107, 420 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA

    Paul A. Iaizzo

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Laske, T.G., Dopp, A.L., Iaizzo, P.A. (2009). Pacing and Defibrillation. In: Iaizzo, P. (eds) Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-372-5_27

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