Today the ECG is the most commonly performed cardiovascular exam. The first ECG was made over a hundred years ago but it was preceded by centuries of innovation.
In this course, we will introduce you to cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT). We start of with pathophysiology of electrical asynchrony, then the indications for CRT implantation ared discussed, followed by ECG and X-ray cases.
In this course, we will introduce you to implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). Implantable defibrillators have been used in patients for >30 years. The majority of ICDs use transvenous leads inserted predominantly into the right ventricile for both pacing (distal tip) and for defibrillation (intracavitary coil or coils). Most clinical trials supporting the use of ICD […]
In this course, we will introduce you to pacemakers. Its history and basic functioning.
In this video course, we will show how a CRT device is implanted. COMING SOON
In this video series we discuss step-by-step how to interrogate and program a MicroPort dual chamber pacemaker. Click on one of the lessons below to see the video’s.
In this video series we discuss step-by-step how to interrogate and program a MicroPort ICD.
Building your framework of what is a normal ECG is essential to recognize pathological ECGs. But that is no reason to underestimate this chapter. We will take you from the P-wave all the way to the T-wave showing and explaining what is normal, but abnormal cases will also be shown, in order to strengthen your […]
When a patient presents with chest pain, the ECG remains the most important diagnostic tool.
Counting is the most important phase of the diagnosis, even before application of the discrimination rules. Likewise, in the event of failure of a given therapy, the counting rules during the redetection phase, in addition to influencing the progression of the therapies already performed, also influence the therapies that will follow. These cases will allow […]
In this video course, we will show how to perform interrogation of a proper fonctioning CRT device. In the following chapters, troubleshooting will be discussed using several cases.
In this chapter we will make you familiar with tracings recorded by pacemakers. This is the best way to learn the basic functioning of cardiac pacemakers.
Most cardiac diseases show specific signs on the ECG.
The left ventricular (LV) lead is key to CRT and its proper functioning is essential. In this course, we will learn how to evaluate an LV lead and perform troubleshooting.
In this chapter we will make you familiar with tracings recorded by pacemakers. This is the best way to learn the basic functioning of cardiac pacemakers.
In this chapter pertaining to therapies, we no longer describe the counting of events which has been detailed in the corresponding chapter. Similarly, discrimination will not be discussed. The tracings herein will be presented logically beginning with ventricular fibrillation, followed by tachycardias observed in the VT zone. We will describe the sequence of therapies that […]
Conduction disorders may be associated with bradycardia such is the case in atrioventricular conduction disease (chapter 1). Sinus node disease also commonly causes bradycardia but the cause is decreased automaticity (chapter 2). Conduction disease of the bundle branches doesn’t not normally alter the cardiac frequency except in rare cases (chapter 3).
The Microport defibrillator algorithm continually evaluates the criteria explained in the following paragraphs as soon as a ventricular cycle is detected in the Tachy/VF zone. Depending on the combination of criteria defined by the physician, some of these criteria will be taken into account in order to establish a classification (diagnosis) that will need to […]
In this chapter we will make you familiar with tracings recorded by pacemakers. This is the best way to learn the basic functioning of cardiac pacemakers.
CRT is a therapy which needs to be continiously applied. A decrease in percentage of biventricular pacing (%CRT) must be resolved before the therapy looses its efficacy and the patient becomes symptomatic. Here we present some cases where %CRT is in jeopardy and we discuss how to resolve this important issue.