Part 2 book “Cardiac pacing, defirillation and resynchronization” has contents: Electromagnetic interference, radiography of implantable devices, troubleshooting: interpreting diagnostic information to ensure appropriate function, sensor technology for rate-adaptive pacing and hemodynamic optimization, and other contents. | 8 Programming: Maximizing Benefit and Minimizing Morbidity Programming Paul A. Friedman1, Charles D. Swerdlow2, Samuel J. Asirvatham1, David L. Hayes1 1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA 2 Cedars-Sinai Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Programmers 320 Pacemaker programming 320 Interrogation 321 Emergency programming 321 Programmed parameters 321 Measured data 322 Specific programmable parameters to consider in all patients 322 Mode programming 327 Rate programmability 328 Programming hysteresis, AV search hysteresis, ventricular pacing avoidance algorithms, and sudden bradycardia response algorithms 331 Programming output (pulse width and voltage amplitude) 333 Programming sensitivity 339 Polarity programmability 341 Refractory and blanking periods 346 Single-chamber pacemakers 346 Dual-chamber pacemakers 346 Mode switching 348 Programming rate-adaptive parameters 350 Diagnostics – set-up and assessment 350 Unexpected programming 350 Programming during routine follow-up 357 Defibrillator programming 360 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator sensing 362 Sensing sources 365 Programming sensing 365 Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator detection 366 Rate cut-off, duration, and zones 367 Detection zone boundaries 372 Committed and noncommitted shocks 372 Redetection 373 SVT-VT discriminators 373 Single-chamber SVT-VT discriminators 376 Morphology 376 Stability 377 Onset 382 SVT-VT discriminator timers 382 Dual-chamber SVT-VT discriminators 382 Comparison of atrial and ventricular rates 383 Enhanced onset and stability and Rhythm ID (Boston Scientific) 387 PR Logic™ + Wavelet (Medtronic) 388 St. Jude Rate Branch™ 388 Ventricular therapies 390 Antitachycardia pacing 390 Defibrillation 393 Low-energy cardioversion 393 Interactions of antibradycardia pacing with tachycardia programming 393 Atrial defibrillators: detection and therapies 393 Optimizing programming 394 Cardiac .
