| | | | | 24- or 48-hour period. You wear small patches called |
| ICD | | | | electrodes on your chest that are connected by |
| An Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator is a battery | | | | wires to a small, portable recorder. The recorder can |
| powered device placed under your skin, beneath the | | | | be clipped to a belt, kept in a pocket, or hung around |
| collarbone, that is connected to your heart by one or | | | | your neck. During the 24 or 48 hours, you do your |
| more wires (leads) and keep track of your heartbeat. | | | | usual daily activities and keep a notebook, writing |
| The ICD detects dangerous heart rhythms | | | | down any symptoms you have and the time they |
| (arrhythmias) then sends electrical signals that shock | | | | occur. You then return both the recorder and the |
| your heart out of the dangerous rhythms and allow | | | | notebook to your doctor to read the results... |
| normal rhythm to resume. | | | | |
| The shock stops individual muscle movement letting | | | | Procedure of ICD Implant |
| the natural pacemaker of the heart take over. A | | | | Surgery to implant an ICD is usually relatively minor. It |
| drug is injected once normal beat is restored to avoid | | | | can be performed with local anesthesia and a |
| further fibrillation. A defibrillator may be attached to | | | | sedative. |
| the heart by implanting it under the skin for | | | | The procedure typically takes one to three hours. |
| patient’s who suffer from major heart diseases | | | | Testing the ICD requires shocking your heart and for |
| or those who are known to suffer from recurrent | | | | that, general anesthesia is used. You stay in the |
| bouts of ventricular fibrillation... | | | | hospital one or two days, and the ICD may be |
| | | | | evaluated one more time before you're discharged. |
| Who Needs ICD ? | | | | Any additional studies are usually performed through |
| If a person is a having ventricular tachycardia will be | | | | the device via radio waves and are nonsurgical. |
| a prime candidate. | | | | After surgery you may have some pain in the incision |
| A history of coronary artery disease and prior heart | | | | area, which can remain swollen and tender for a few |
| attack that has led to a weak heart. | | | | days or weeks. Pain medication often is prescribed, |
| A heart condition that involves abnormal heart | | | | and you can take nonaspirin pain relievers as the |
| muscle, such as enlarged (dilated cardiomyopathy) or | | | | severity lessens. Unless your doctor instructs you to, |
| thickened (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) heart | | | | don't take pain medication containing aspirin because |
| muscle. | | | | it may increase the risk of bleeding. |
| An inherited heart defect that adversely affects your | | | | |
| heart's electrical system. These include long QT | | | | Please log on to: |
| syndrome, which can cause ventricular fibrillation and | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| death even in young, active people with no signs or | | | | |
| symptoms of heart problems, and other rare | | | | We Care Core Values |
| conditions such as Brugada syndrome and | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.. | | | | you as the centre. |
| | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| Diagnosis for Defibrillators Implant | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| Electrocardiogram (ECG): It shows how fast the | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| heart is beating and the heart rhythm. It also records | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| the strength and timing of electrical signals as they | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| pass through each part of the heart. | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| A Holter monitor, also called an ambulatory EKG, | | | | across the sub continent. |
| records the electrical signals of your heart for a full | | | | |