Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

Part 1: Tachycardia; Ventricular Fibrillation; Part 2: Engineering Aspects: Tachyarrhythmia Sensing and Detection; Tachyarrhythmia Termination: Lead Systems and Hardware Design; Defibrillation Theory and Its Clinical Impact; Defibrillation Waveforms; Lead Technology; A Logical Approach to Tiered-Therapy Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Design; Implant Support Devices; Device Telemetry; Antitachycardia Pacing; Part 3: Clinical Aspects of ICD Therapy: Indications for ICD Therapy; Evaluation of a Prospective Patient for ICD Therapy; Operative Techniques for Implantation and Testing of ICD's; Implantation of Cardioverter-Defibrillators in the Electrophysiology Laboratory; Unipolar Defibrillation Systems; Interactions of ICDs with Antiarrhytmic Drugs and Pacemakers; Postoperative Care and Follow-up of ICD Patients; Complications of ICD Surgery: Diagnosis and Management; Troubleshooting of Patients with ICDs; Programming of ICDs; Clinical Results with ICD Therapy: An Overview; Clinical Results with ICD Therapy; Clinical Results with NTL Systems and Implications for ICD Practice: The European Experience; Primary Preventionof Sudden Cardiac Death using Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators; The Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator: Economic Issues; Part 4: Alternative Approaches to ICD Therapy: Pharmacologic Therapy; Surgical Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Coronary Artery Disease; Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia; Part 5: Future Perspectives: Antitachycardia Pacing and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators for Treatment of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias; Rationale for an Implantable Atrial Defibrillator; Automated Rhythm Systems; Dual Chamber Defibrillator: From Theoretical Concepts to Implementation; Combination of Drug Delivery Systems and ICDs - Is There a Possible Future Marriage? ICDs: An Overview and Future Directions