An up-to-date review of cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators

Ronny Jd Kuang; Janu Pirakalathanan; Theodore Lau; Daniel Koh; Emily Kotschet; Brian Ko; Kenneth K Lau

doi:10.1111/1754-9485.13319

An up-to-date review of cardiac pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators

J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2021 Dec;65(7):896-903. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13319. Epub 2021 Sep 2.

Authors

Ronny Jd Kuang¹, Janu Pirakalathanan², Theodore Lau³, Daniel Koh⁴, Emily Kotschet⁵, Brian Ko⁵, Kenneth K Lau^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Diagnostic Imaging, Monash Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
² Peninsula Private Hospital, I-Med Radiology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
³ Cancer Imaging, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁴ Radiology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
⁵ Monash Heart, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

PMID: 34472707
DOI: 10.1111/1754-9485.13319

Abstract

Cardiac pacemakers are one of the most frequently encountered cardiac devices seen on chest imaging. They may include single or dual chamber pacemakers, automated implantable cardioverter defibrillators (AICD), biventricular pacemakers used for cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT), wireless CRT, leadless pacemakers, and subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillators (SICD). This review aims to provide an up-to-date review on current implantable pacemaker and defibrillator devices.

Keywords: Pacemakers; cardioverter defibrillator; implantable; leadless; resynchronisation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Defibrillators, Implantable*
Humans
Pacemaker, Artificial*