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When is a implantable cardioverter defibrillator used to treat arrhythmias?
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a treatment for serious arrhythmias. The battery-powered device senses an abnormal heart rhythm and automatically provides electrical shock(s). The shock(s) suspends heart activity and then allows the heart to initiate a normal rhythm
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What precautions should be taken in prescription of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator should not be used on patients who faint from causes other than a known life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia, to treat slow heart rates, or during an emergency.
What is a implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
implanted beneath the skin of the chest in the pectoral region, without major surgery. A lead from the device is then inserted into the heart through a vein
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Define microshock and how defibrillator would be used to treat?
lMicroshock is a risk in patients with intracardiac conductors, such as external pacemaker electrodes or saline filled catheters, within the heart. A current as low as 10uAmps directly through the heart, may send a patient directly into Ventricular Fibrillation. For example a patient is holding onto his/her bed with left hand and reaches out with right hand and touches a device that has a broken wire inside of it and that wire is touching the inside case of said device. This would cause the person to receive a microshock and possibly send them into V-fib. A defibrillator can be used after a person receives a microshock and they go into V-fib. In V-fib the heart is not pumping blood to a person organs, the heart is fluttering instead of beating. The purpose of a defibrillator is to stop the heart, and hopefully if the heart is healthy enough it will start up into a life sustaining rythem. The following is what v-fib looks like on an ECG.
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What is an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
an electronic device to treat life-threatening heartbeat irregularities. It is surgically implanted.
What precautions should be taken in prescription of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
The implantable cardioverter-defibrillator should not be used on patients who faint from causes other than a known life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia, to treat slow heart rates, or during an emergency.
What is a implantable cardioverter-defibrillator?
implanted beneath the skin of the chest in the pectoral region, without major surgery. A lead from the device is then inserted into the heart through a vein
What is an implanted defibrillator?
an electronic device to treat life-threatening heartbeat irregularities. It is surgically implanted.
What is implanted defibrillator?
an electronic device to treat life-threatening heartbeat irregularities. It is surgically implanted.
Can beta blockers cause arrhythmias?
Yes,Arrhythmias may also be caused by some substances or drugs, including:AmphetaminesCaffeineCocaineBeta blockersPsychotropicsSympathomimeticsSometimes anti-arrhythmic medications -- prescribed to treat one type of arrhythmia -- can actually cause another type of arrhythmia.
Is digitalis often used to treat congestive heart failure or certain types of arrhythmias?
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What term means Electrical shock delivered during cardiac cycle to treat life-threatening arrhythmias?
The term referring to delivering an electric shock to treat a life-threatening arrhythmia is synchronized cardioversion.
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If it was for a treatment, it may used for ventricular arrhythmias; but usually it is used as a numbing agent for a medical procedure.
What strategies are used to treat arrhythmias?
Various anti-arrhythmic drugs are used, along with cardioversion, defibrillation (for ventricular fibrillation, especially), and also pacemaker insertion.
What non-invasive treatment can be used to treat abnormal heart rhythms?
Various drugs can be used to control and help reset these abnormal heart rhythms (arrhythmias ).
How do you treat atrial fibrillation?
One quick method prescribed by doctors is cardio version. Other treatments include the use of prescription drugs, the use of pacemakers and implantable cardioverion defibrillators.
