Inability to get an appropriate heart rate response with activity. Also a class I pacing indication.
What is chronotropic incompetence?
100
The difference between the new RELIANCE G 4-SITE lead and the old Reliance G lead?
The difference between the new RELIANCE G 4-SITE lead and the old Reliance G lead?
100
The most common sites for RV lead placement.
What are the apex, septum, and RV outflow tract?
100
Pacing system configuration when the can is part of the circuit.
What is a unipolar pacing system?
200
The valve that separates the right atrium and the right ventricle.
What is the tricuspid valve?
200
First study to show the benefits of ICD therapy without requiring documented history of VT/VF.
What is MADIT II?
200
Acts as a stylet guide, turning tool, and provides PSA cable connection.
What is green EZ-4 Connector Tool?
200
The area of the heart targeted during LV lead placement.
What is the lateral wall of the left ventricle?
200
This type of pacemaker header is designed to accept both IS-1 leads and 3.2 LP leads, with a long pin receptacle and sealing rings.
What is an IS-1 compatible header?
300
Structure accessed for LV lead placement.
What is the coronary sinus?
300
Indications for cardiac resynchronization therapy in Class III of IV HF patients.
What is EF less than or equal to 35%, QRS width greater than or equal to 120ms, and OPT?
300
The point during implant when the physician should attach the alligator clips directly to the RELIANCE 4-SITE lead terminal.
What is NEVER????
300
This fluoroscopic view is sometimes referred to as "looking down the barrels" of the heart and discerns left from right?
What is LAO (left anterior oblique)?
300
Lead fixation mechanisms have evolved through several configurations, but they can generally be divided into the following two categories:
______ fixation devices that lodge in the trabeculae
______ fixation devices that penetrate the endocardium.
What is passive (tined) and active (screw-in) fixation?
400
Main vessels of cardiac venous anatomy (4).
What is the middle, posterior, lateral, and anterior vessels?
400
Most commonly used diagnostic measurement to assess risk for sudden cardiac death.
What is ejection fraction?
400
The amount of lead pocket bulk reduced when using the new RELIANCE G 4-SITE ICD lead.
What is 30%?
400
Camera angle commonly used for balloon venogram during LV lead implant.
What is LAO?
400
The most commonly used pacemaker battery, offering a high ratio of energy to weight and volume, predictable voltage decrease characteristics, and a high reliability factor.
What is Lithium-Iodine?
500
The structure located on the intra-atrial septum that is "punctured" when seeking direct access from the right atrium to the left atrium.
What is the Fossa Ovalis?
500
First ICD trial to show that nonischmic dilated cardiomyopathy patients can benefit from ICD therapy (Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Patients).
What is SCD-HeFT?
500
10, 8, and 6.
What are the new industry-leading ICD warranties offered by Boston Scientific?
500
Camera angle used to evaluate apical position of RV lead.
What is RAO?
500
Name two materials used for insulating permanent pacing leads.