Implantable cardiac pacing was born in 1958 and has never stopped evolving since. The contribution of new advances has been dramatic in this development, especially over the last 25 years, because of the introduction of electronics and the progress in…
In cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs), sensing is the process for identifying the electrical signals (electrograms, EGMs) that correspond to individual atrial or ventricular depolarization. Detection is the process by which device algorithms classify a sequence of sensed signals to…
Age Gender Occupation Working Diagnosis 65 Years Male Retired Heart Failure History The patient was a 65-year-old retired man seeking treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy with normal coronary arteries for about 10 years. Risk factors are dyslipidemia and obesity (91 kg,…