Implantable Defibrillators

Perspectives

It’s Time for a “No Change”: Simplifying the Perioperative Management of CIEDs

02/08/2016

Janet Gifford, MSN, ACNP,¹ Karen Larimer, PhD, ACNP, FAHA,² Celia Thomas, MSN, CNS,¹ Patricia May, MS, ACNP,³ Apoor Gami, MD, FHRS⁴
¹Edward Hospital, Naperville, Illinois; ²School of Nursing, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois; ³Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Downers Grove, Illinois; ⁴Midwest Heart Specialists / Advocate Medical Group, Downers Grove, Illinois

Janet Gifford, MSN, ACNP,1 Karen Lari...

The goal of perioperative ICD management should be to minimize the sequelae of surgical EMI without increasing the risk of life-threatening dysrhythmias due to deactivated ICDs.

The goal of perioperative ICD...

02/08/2016

EP Lab Digest

Review

Is it Time to Embrace the Humble Magnet?

02/01/2015

Sumit Som, MD, Preety Chawla, MD, Patrick Lam, MD

Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Department of Cardiology,

New York, New York

Sumit Som, MD, Preety Chawla, MD, Pat...

Sumit Som, MD, and colleagues summarize their experience with perioperative manual reprogramming of ICDs, with a brief review of the latest literature.

Sumit Som, MD, and colleagues...

02/01/2015

EP Lab Digest