Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

ACC/AHA Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices: Executive Summary--a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee on Pacemaker Implantation).

Erosive Pressure Dermatitis Associated with Cardiac Pacemaker

Erosive dermatitis is a skin reaction associated with implantable cardiac devices (ie, pacemakers and cardioverter defibrillators). We report a 65-year-old man with a history of several cerebrovascular attacks who developed an erythematous crusted erosive patch over the pacemaker site after implantation of two subsequent pacemakers. We suggest that physical irritation may be a trigger factor fo...

ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Guideline Update for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

Foundation Board of Trustees in September 2002, by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee in August 2002, and by the North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology in August 2002. When citing this document, the American College of Cardiology Foundation, the American Heart Association, and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology wou...

ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities: executive summary.

2008;51;e1-e62; originally published online May 15, 2008; J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. Michael O. Sweeney L. Page, Mark H. Schoenfeld, Michael J. Silka, Lynne Warner Stevenson, and Stephen C. Hammill, David L. Hayes, Mark A. Hlatky, L. Kristin Newby, Richard Roger A. Freedman, Leonard S. Gettes, A. Marc Gillinov, Gabriel Gregoratos, Andrew E. Epstein, John P. DiMarco, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, N.A. Mark ...

NASPE training requirements for cardiac implantable electronic devices: selection, implantation, and follow-up.

Cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) have become frequently used therapeutic modalities. CIEDs include pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs), devices for heart failure management (cardiac resynchronization), and implantable hemodynamic monitors. Selection of the appropriate CIED, its implantation, and follow-up care require expertise to achieve optimal therapeutic...