Chapter 3

Discrimination

The PARAD+ and Stability+/Acc algorithms, specific to MicroPort™, which tell ventricular from supraventricular tachycardias, even without reliable atrial signals.

The cases

1Stability as the great discriminator 2What about morphology?3Preferred PARAD+ pathway 41:1 tachycardia 5A well classified 1:1 tachycardia 6Appropriate discrimination? Analyse everything!7Bitachycardia ?8Stabilisation of a tachycardia against a backdrop of atrial arrhythmia; a very difficult diagnosis

From Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator — Clinical cases from patients with MicroPort™ ICDs by M. Strik, A. Thiyagarajah, S. Ploux, P. Bordachar, P. Ritter. Published by Cardiocases. Each case is a question on real device interrogations: pick your answer, check it, then read the authors’ interpretation. Tap any figure to open it full screen.

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