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The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2006; 34(7): 443-446

The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator

Fethi Kılıçaslan, Ata Kırılmaz, Rıfat Eralp Ulusoy, Zafer Işılak, Bekir Sıtkı Cebeci, Mehmet Dinçtürk
Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Department Of Cardiology, Istanbul

The severity of pulmonary congestion can be assessed by monitoring thoracic impedance (TI). In patients with congestive heart failure (CHF), TI monitoring provides a unique opportunity to foresee decompensation before clinical signs and symptoms ensue. Some biventricular defibrillators (BiV-ICD) have TI monitoring capability, providing hemodynamic data as well as treatment of CHF and arrhythmias. We present an 80-year-old male patient in whom TI monitoring by BiV-ICD was utilized for clinical decision making. He had undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery and BiV-ICD implantation, and had decompensated CHF on admission. Interrogation of BiV-ICD revealed a substantial decrease in TI compatible with volume overload. Shortly after treatment for CHF, a steady increase was noted in TI parallel to effective diuresis. However, after discharge, a decrease in TI was again noted without any signs and symptoms of decompensation. Treatment was tailored and TI values became normal. No need for hospitalization occurred and he showed a steady decrease in the ventricular rate in parallel to increases in TI and heart rate variability.

Keywords: Cardiography, impedance, defibrillators; heart failure, congestive; hemodynamic processes; pacemaker, artificial

Corresponding Author: Fethi Kılıçaslan, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English
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Kılıçaslan, F., Kırılmaz, A., Ulusoy, R. E., Işılak, Z., Cebeci, B. S., & Dinçtürk, M. (2006). The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars, 34(7), 443-446. https://doi.org/.
Kılıçaslan F, Kırılmaz A, Ulusoy RE, Işılak Z, Cebeci BS, Dinçtürk M. The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2006 October;34(7):443-446. doi:.
Kılıçaslan F, Kırılmaz A, Ulusoy RE, et al. The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2006;34(7):443-446. doi:.
Kılıçaslan, Fethi et al. "The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator." Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars vol. 34,7 (2006): 443-446. doi:.
Kılıçaslan, Fethi, Ata Kırılmaz, Rıfat Eralp Ulusoy, Zafer Işılak, Bekir Sıtkı Cebeci and Mehmet Dinçtürk "The utility of thoracic impedance monitoring in a patient with biventricular defibrillator." Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars 34, no. 7 (2006): 443-446. https://doi.org/.
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