How-to Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices: Procedures and Programming

A complete, how-to-do-it guide to planning, programming, implementing, and trouble-shooting today?s pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices Edited by a team of leading clinician-educators this is a practical, go-to reference for trainees and clinical staff who are new to or less experienced with the programming and management of implantable devices. It distills device best-practices into a single, quick-reference volume that focuses on essential tasks, common pitfalls, and likely complications. Each chapter follows a hands-on, how-to-do-it approach that helps readers quickly master even the most challenging device-related tasks?such as programming and how to respond confidently when complications arise. Today?s pacemakers and other implantable EP devices are to earlier versions what smart phones are to rotary phones. They are not only smaller and more comfortable; they offer complex programming options that allow clinicians to adapt a device to individual patient requirements. As they continue to become smaller, smarter, and more adaptable, these devices also become more challenging for clinicians to set up, manage and monitor. This unique, quick-reference guide dramatically reduces the learning curve for mastering this essential technology by giving doctors and technicians the how-to information they need. Focuses on tasks clinicians perform, including pre-implementation, planning, programming, management, troubleshooting, and more Shows how expert clinicians achieve optimal outcomes in their own labs with real-world examples Features more than 300 images, including ECGs, X-ray and fluoroscopy, images from device interrogation, intracardiac electrograms, and color electoanatomical maps Provides eight videos on an accompanying website demonstrating key tasks and techniques  Also available in an eBook version, enhanced with instructional videos, How-to Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices is an indispensable ?tool of the trade? for electrophysiologists, fellows in electrophysiology, EP nurses, technical staff, and industry professionals.

Table of Contents:
List of Contributors vii About the Companion Website xi Part One 1 1 How to Access the Cephalic Vein Using a Cut]down Approach 3 Carola Gianni, Pasquale Santangeli, Andrea Natale, and Amin Al]Ahmad 2 Extrathoracic Subclavian Vein Access 9 Paul C. Zei 3 Subcutaneous Implantable Cardioverter]Defibrillator 17 Anil Rajendra and Michael R. Gold 4 Internal Jugular Venous Access and Lead Implantation for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices 23 Michael G. Katz and David T. Huang 5 Implantation of the Left Ventricular Lead 27 Shrinivas Hebsur and Edward Platia 6 How to Place a Lead in the Azygos Vein 37 Jason S. Bradfield, Daniel H. Cooper, Noel G. Boyle, and Kalyanam Shivkumar 7 Alternative Site Pacing: A Guide to Implantation Techniques 45 Michael C. Giudici 8 How to Maximize CRT Response at Implant 55 Attila Roka, Gaurav Upadhyay, Jagmeet Singh, and E. Kevin Heist 9 How to Perform Sub]pectoral Device Implants 63 Claudio D. Schuger 10 Device Extractions 69 Sean D. Pokorney, Donald D. Hegland, and Patrick M. Hranitzky 11 How to Extract Pacemaker and Defibrillator Leads from the Femoral Approach 79 Leenhapong Navaravong and Roger A. Freedman 12 How to Extract Leads from the Jugular Approach 89 Maria Grazia Bongiorni, Andrea Di Cori, Luca Segreti, Giulio Zucchelli, Ezio Soldati, Stefano Viani, and Luca Paperini 13 How to Perform Venoplasty for Access 97 Seth J. Worley 14 How to Perform Defibrillation Threshold Testing 111 Chad Brodt and Marco V. Perez 15 Use of CXR, CT, and 3]D Imaging to Evaluate Lead Location 119 Brett D. Atwater 16 How to Evaluate Postoperative Device Complications 133 Dan Sorajja and Win]Kuang Shen Part Two 145 17 How to Program Pacemakers for Patients With Sinus Node Disease 147 Carsten W. Israel and Lucy Ekosso]Ejangue 18 How to Interpret Pacemaker Electrocardiograms 159 Giuseppe Bagliani, Stefania Sacchi, and Luigi Padeletti 19 How to Perform Pacemaker Troubleshooting 173 Brian Olshansky and Nora Goldschlager 20 How to Program an ICD to Program ATP, and Program for VT/VF Storm 187 P. Pieragnoli, G. Ricciardi, Margherita Padeletti, Stefania Sacchi, Alessio Gargaro, and Luigi Padeletti 21 How to Troubleshoot An ICD 195 Advay G. Bhatt, Santosh C. Varkey, and Kevin M. Monahan 22 Management of ICD Device and Lead Failures and Recalls 207 Yousef Bader and N.A. Mark Estes III 23 How to Program an ICD to Minimize Inappropriate Shocks 213 Paul J. Wang and Winston B. Joe 24 How to Perform CRT Optimization 221 Kevin P. Jackson and James P. Daubert 25 How to Manage Device Infections and When to Reimplant After Device Extraction 233 Giosue Mascioli 26 How to Implement a Remote Follow]up Program for Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices 241 George H. Crossley, April Bain, and Rachel Tidwell 27 How to Set Up an HF Monitoring Service 255 Edoardo Gronda, Emilio Vanoli, Margherita Padeletti, and Alessio Gargaro 28 How to Deactivate Cardiac Implantable Electric Devices in Patients Nearing the End of Life and/or Requesting Withdrawal of Therapies 263 Rachel Lampert Index