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. 2017 Jan 24;22(4):e12420. doi: 10.1111/anec.12420

Table 3.

Device therapy programming parameters

ICD group

A single chamber BIOTRONIK ICD will be implanted with the following parameters:

  • a

    Ventricular fibrillation (VF):

    • Rate >250 bpm

    • Detection: 8 out of 12 beats

    • Treatment: 6 * 40J shocks with ATP during charging

  • b

    Ventricular tachycardia (VT) 2:

    • Rate: 200–249 bpm

    • Detection: >40 beats, SVT discriminators ON

    • Treatment: 4 * ATP bursts then 6 * 40J shocks

  • c

    Ventricular tachycardia 1:

    • Rate: 171–199 bpm

    • Detection: >64 beats

    • Treatment: Monitor zone ‐ no therapies

  • d

    Bradycardia:

    • Rate: <40 bpm

    • Treatment: VVI pacing @ 40 bpm

ILR group

A BIOTRONIK implantable loop recorder will have the following parameters programmed

  • a

    Tachycardia:

    • Rate >170 bpm

    • Detection >64 beats

  • b

    Bradycardia:

    • Rate <40 bpm

    • Detection: >5 beats