Implantable Defibrillator Therapy: A Clinical Guide

by Bruce L. Wilkoff, Martin Borggrefe, Andrea Natale, et al.

Book Overview

Implantable defibrillators as originally conceived by Michel Mirowski were limited to the detection and automatic termination of ventricular fibrillation. In the original "AID" device, the detection algoritlun sought to distinguish sinus rhytlun from ventricular fibrillation by identifying the "more sinusoidal waveform of ventricular fibrillation. " The therapeutic intervention was elicited only once deadly polymorphic rhythms had developed. It was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402071434
• ISBN13: 9781402071430
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.7"