User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. General description
- 2. Indications
- 3. Contraindications
- 4. Warnings and precautions
- 5. Adverse events
- 6. Clinical studies
- 7. Patient selection and treatment
- 8. Patient counselling information
- 9. Declaration of conformity
- 10. Physician guidelines
- 11. Patient information
- 12. How supplied
- 13. Device description
- 14. Implant procedure
- 14.1. Necessary equipment
- 14.2. Packaging
- 14.3. Optional equipment
- 14.4. Before opening the package
- 14.5. Prior to implantation
- 14.6. Device placement
- 14.7. Choosing the type of lead
- 14.8. Shock configuration (+ -> -)
- 14.9. Measurement of thresholds at implant
- 14.10. Leads connection
- 14.11. Device implantation
- 14.12. Tests and programming
- 15. Special modes
- 16. Main functions
- 17. Patient follow-up
- 18. Supplemental Information
- 19. Physical characteristics
- 20. Electrical characteristics
- 21. Programmable parameters
- 22. Non programmable parameters
- 23. Limited warranty
- 24. Patents
- 25. Explanation of symbols
Event # of Pa-
tients
% of Pa-
tients
# of
Events
Events/100
Device-
Years
Pain (in back, arms, chest, shoulder,
groin, head, other)
10 5.3 13 0.7
Worsening CHF/CHF decompensation 13 6.8 16 0.8
Atrial fibrillation/flutter 7 3.7 8 0.4
Ventricular tachycardia 7 3.7 7 0.4
POTENTIAL ADVERSE EVENTS
Adverse events (in alphabetical order), including those reported in the previous tables,
associated with ICD systems include:
― Acceleration of arrhythmias (caused by device),
― Air embolism,
― Bleeding,
― Chronic nerve damage,
― Erosion,
― Excessive fibrotic tissue growth,
― Extrusion,
― Fluid accumulation,
― Formation of hematomas or cysts,
― Inappropriate shocks,
― Infection,
― Keloid formation,
― Lead abrasion and fracture,
― Lead migration/dislodgment,
― Myocardial damage,
― Pneumothorax,
― Shunting current or insulating myocardium during defibrillation with internal or external
paddles,
― Potential mortality due to inability to defibrillate or pace,
― Thromboemboli,
― Venous occlusion,
― Venous or cardiac perforation.
Patients susceptible to frequent shocks despite antiarrhythmic medical management may
develop psychological intolerance to an ICD system that may include the following:
― Dependency,
― Depression,
― Fear of premature battery depletion,
― Fear of shocking while conscious,
― Fear that shocking capability may be lost,
― Imagined shocking (phantom shock).
5.2.
5. ADVERSE EVENTS
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