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Why is an Implantable Defibrillator NOT Useful Soon After Myocardial Infarction?

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Here is the transcript of the video: Implantable defibrillator is an important life saving device. It can automatically detect life threatening ventricular arrhythmias and treat them, either with a shock or, sometimes by overdrive pacing. These are high voltage, defibrillator shock coils. So, this is how an ICD works.

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What are treatment options for this rhythm, when all else fails?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

However, he suddenly developed a series of malignant ventricular arrhythmias. He required multiple defibrillations within a period of a few hours. Below are printouts of some of the arrhythmias recorded. This time, the arrhythmia did not spontaneously terminate — but rather degenerated to VFib, requiring defibrillation.

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Ventricular Tachycardia Management

All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders

Ventricular tachycardia is a potentially life threatening cardiac arrhythmia. Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in spite of radiofrequency catheter ablation needs an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. If the rate is very fast, hemodynamic deterioration can occur rapidly.

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How a pause can cause cardiac arrest

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

After resuscitation and defibrillation , there were no more episodes of TdP. Below is the patient’s 12 lead ECG following defibrillation. Learning points : Takotsubo can lead to cardiac arrest from ventricular arrhythmia. NT-proBNP was significantly elevated at 4900ng/L ( ref < 500ng/L ). What does this ECG tell you?

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Latest developments in the Cardiac Healthcare system through AI

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Similarly, you may use our , app to adjust the paper speed along with amplification to read the slightest changes, especially for conditions like tachycardia and bradycardia. Alternatively, it also helps enhance arrhythmia management with coronary artery disease. It improves the prediction model for myocardial scar mass.

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What is strange about this paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in an otherwise healthy patient? And what happened after giving ibutilide?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

We examined the effect of ibutilide, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, on the energy requirement for atrial defibrillation and assessed the value of this agent in facilitating cardioversion in patients with atrial fibrillation that is resistant to conventional transthoracic cardioversion. 25, 2022 ).

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Hypothermia at 18 Celsius in V Fib arrest: CPR, then ECMO rewarming, for 3 hours, then Defib with ROSC. Interpret the ECG.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

The patient was put on Extracorporeal Life Support in the ED 3 hours after initial resuscitation, the core temp was 30° C and the patient was defibrillated with a single attempt. On arrival, CPR was continued and core temperature was measured at 18° C (64.4° A 12-lead ECG was recorded: There is sinus rhythm with RBBB and right axis deviation.