Subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator, patient selection, implantation, postoperative management in the Krasnoyarsk

Abstract

This article describes the patient selection procedure for subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator implantation, the implantation technique, and the features of postoperative follow-up of patients, the features of programming at all stages of patient treatment.

Keywords

• cardioverter-defibrillator
• subcutaneous cardioverter-defibrillator
• sudden cardiac death
• ventricular tachycardia
• ventricular fibrillation
• fatal arrhyth mias
• follow-up of cardioverter-defibrillator