Table of Contents.
Preface.
Foreword.
SECTION I - ICD BASICS.
Chapter 1: What Is an ICD?.
Chapter 2: ICD System and Cardiac Anatomy.
Chapter 3: The Hardware.
The ICD Generator.
The ICD Leads.
The ICD Programmer.
Chapter 4: ICD Electronics.
Defibrillation Waveforms.
Defibrillation Polarity and Shock Configuration.
Defibrillation Threshold (DFT).
Chapter 5: Sensing.
Chapter 6: Detection.
Chapter 7: The Tachycardias.
Chapter 8: The Therapies.
Chapter 9: ICD Pacing.
Basic Pacing.
Pacing for Congestive Heart Failure.
Chapter 10: Unusual ICD Situations and Alternate Applications.
SECTION II - CASE STUDIES.
Chapter 11: Case Studies - Part A.
Chapter 12: Case Studies - Part B.
SECTION III: ANSWERS.
Answers.
Index.
Aaron B. Hesselson, MD, BSE, FACC is Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan.
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