title: Methods of ambulatory detection and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias using implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
abstract: The use of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) for the treatment of ventricular fibrillation, a condition that can lead to sudden cardiac death, is examined. Topics relevant to the development and implementation of ICD technology, such as defibrillation threshold optimization, battery design, lead configuration, arrhythmia-detection algorithms, and pacemakers-ICD interactions, are described. Clinical situations involving the surgical implantation procedures and the quality of life after implantation are also considered. Cost-benefit analysis of ICD treatment as well as an overview of cardiac arrhythmias and emerging technologies are also included. A survey of ICD recipients was conducted and its results are discussed.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shrivastav
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000465:Algorithms; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000517:prevention & control; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004567:Electrodes, Implanted; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000145:classification; D011788:Quality of Life; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000628:therapy