Are Electronic Cardiac Devices Still Evolving?

• Published in: Yearbook of medical informatics Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 128 - 134
• Main Authors: Carrault, G., Mabo, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; German
• Published: Stuttgart Schattauer Verlag für Medizin und Naturwissenschaften 15.08.2014; Georg Thieme Verlag KG; Schattauer GmbH
• Subjects: Arrhythmias, Cardiac - therapy; Defibrillators, Implantable - trends; Heart Failure - therapy; Hemodynamics; Humans; Implantable device; leadless sensor; management of hemodynamic; Original Article; Pacemaker, Artificial - trends; quadripolar lead; subcutaneous implantable device; Survey; leadless sensor; management of hemodynamic; Implantable device; quadripolar lead; subcutaneous implantable device

Objectives: The goal of this paper is to review some important issues occurring during the past year in Implantable devices. Methods: First cardiac implantable device was proposed to maintain an adequate heart rate, either because the heart's natural pacemaker is not fast enough, or there is a...