User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. General description
- 2. Indications
- 3. Contraindications
- 4. Warnings and precautions
- 5. Adverse events
- 6. Clinical studies
- 7. Patient selection and treatment
- 8. Patient counselling information
- 9. Conformance to standards
- 10. Physician guidelines
- 11. Patient information
- 12. How supplied
- 13. Device description
- 14. Implant procedure
- 14.1. Necessary equipment
- 14.2. Packaging
- 14.3. Optional equipment
- 14.4. Before opening the package
- 14.5. Prior to implantation
- 14.6. Device placement
- 14.7. Choosing the type of lead
- 14.8. Shock configuration (+ -> -)
- 14.9. Measurement of thresholds at implant
- 14.10. Leads connection
- 14.11. Device implantation
- 14.12. Tests and programming
- 15. Special modes
- 16. Main functions
- 17. Patient follow-up
- 18. Supplemental Information
- 19. Physical characteristics
- 20. Electrical characteristics
- 21. Programmable parameters
- 22. Non programmable parameters
- 23. Limited warranty
- 24. Patents
- 25. Explanation of symbols
8. PATIENT COUNSELLING INFORMATION
8. PATIENT COUNSELLING INFORMATION
The physician should consider the following points in counselling the patient about this
device:
─ Persons administering CPR may experience tingling on the patient’s body surface when
the patient’s ICD system delivers a shock.
─ Advise patients to carry Sorin ID cards and/or ID bracelets documenting their ICD
system.
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