Chapter 2
Therapies
Reading the programming of ATP (bursts, ramps) and shocks, how therapies depend on rhythm stability, and what separates an appropriate shock from an inappropriate therapy.
The cases
1Tachycardia treated with a shock2Tachycardia treated with a shock, or is it?3Tachycardia treated by an ATP burst4Fast tachycardia accelerated by therapy5Tachycardia treated by an ATP burst6Possible deleterious effect of antitachycardia pacing7Levels of aggressiveness8Tachycardia and zones9Termination by ATP?
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.