CARDIAC DEVICES Flashcards
EXAM 2
Cardiac implantable electronic devices(CIED) include:
- Pacemaker
- Implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD)
- Pacemaker/ICD combination
- Cardiac Resynchronization Device (biventricular cardiac device)
Main components of Pacemaker:
- Pulse generator
- Insulated lead wires
Pulse generator contains:
- Battery
- Circuitry
- Connectors
Insulated wires conduct:
Energy to and from Myocardium
Reed switch:
- Enables PM to convert from synchronous to Asynchronous
- In the presence of a magnetic field/magnet
Pacemaker is usually implanted in:
- A pectoral pocket either R+ or L+
- Contain up to 3 lead wires
- Wires Placed either RA, RV or both
Biventricular Pacemaker
PM lead on RA:
- A spike is follow by a P wave on the ECG
- Represents atrial depolarization
Pacemaker lead on RV:
- A spike is followed by a QRS complex on the ECG
- Represents Ventricular depolarization
Dual-Chamber Pacemaker:
Spike before the P wave and before the QRS complex
Other Types of Pacemakers:
- Transcutaneous
- Transvenous
- Epicardial
Transcutaneous Pacemaker:
- Pads applied anteriorly on the Right upper chest and anteriorly on the left lower chest
- Pads applied anteriorly mid chest and posteriorly between scapulae
Transvenous Pacemaker:
- Pacing catheter inserted into central circulation into appropiate chamber(s)
- Connected to external pacemaker generator
Epicardial Pacemaker:
- Lead inserted at the completion of cardiac surgery (onto epicardium)
- Attached to external pacing device
Indications for the use of Pacemakers:
- Sinus node dysfunction
- Atrioventricular node disease
- Chronic bifascicular block
- Long QT syndrome
- Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Postacute phase of myocardial infarction
- Carotid sinus syndrome
1st Letter of the Pacemaker indicates:
Chamber where the pacing electrode is place
2nd Letter of the Pacemaker indicates:
Chamber where the sensing electrode is placed
3rd Letter of the Pacemaker indicates:
- PM response to the detection of a spontaneous cardiac depolarization
- Its effect on subsequent pacing stimuli
4th Letter of the Pacemaker indicates:
Rate modulation
5th Letter of the Pacemaker indicates:
Multisite pacing
Synchronous Mode:
Paced rate matching the underlying rate of one of the heart chambers
Asynchronous Mode:
Cardiac pacing mode set independent of the heart’s intrinsic rate
Inhibited Mode:
- When the PT demonstrates an intrinsic heart beat
- The pacer will not deliver a paced beat
Capture?
Depolarization of a heart chamber in response to pacemaker electrical output
Failure to capture
When the pacemaker’s electrical output fails to cause myocardial depolarization
Failure to sense:
The pacemaker fails to recognize intrinsic cardiac activity
Pacemaker Terminology
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Indications for Implantable Cardiac Devices:
- V-Tach
- V-Fib
- Post MI with EF < 35% > 40 days
- Cardomyopathy from any cause with EF < 35%
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Awaiting heart transplant
- Long QT syndrome
- Arrhythmogenic RV dysplasia
- Braguda syndrome
10.Syncope or Ventricular tachycardia
11.Catecholaminergic polymorphic VT and Syncope on B-blocker therapy
12.Cardiac Sarcoidosis
13.Giant cell myocarditis
14.Chagas disease
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