Permanent pacemakers and implantable defibrillators: considerations for intensivists

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine

Abstract

Pacemakers and cardioverter-defibrillators are implanted in patients with cardiovascular disease for an ever-increasing array of indications. Intensivists provide care frequently for patients who have these devices, and thus, they must be familiar with common problems and nuances that may contribute to critical illness. Close collaboration of the critical care physician and cardiologist/electrophysiologist assures that pacemakers and defibrillators are tuned to optimize the hemodynamic milieu of critically ill patients. Many recent advances in the sophistication of implanted devices are reviewed herein.

First Page

933

Last Page

40

DOI

10.1164/rccm.200402-211UP

Publication Date

11-1-2004

Identifier

15297272 (pubmed); 10.1164/rccm.200402-211UP (doi); 200402-211UP (pii)

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