ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Updated Guidelines

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

SCA Information
External Defibrillators
- LifePak® Defibrillators
Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Leads
Programmers
- Medtronic CareLink Programmer
Patient Management
Guidelines & Clinical Studies
Reimbursement
- Reimbursement
Information for
Patients
- Reimbursement Information

Indications, contraindications, warnings, precautions, and adverse events

ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Updated Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

In 2002, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology (NASPE, now Heart Rhythm Society or HRS) jointly issued guidelines for implantation of cardiac pacemakers and antiarrhythmia devices.²² Those collaborating organizations are now in the process of updating those guidelines to include the new information now available from SCD-HeFT. Key aspects of the 2002 guidelines are included here.

Full Guidelines (pdf)

Summary Article (pdf)

Sudden Cardiac Arrest

ACC/AHA/NASPE 2002 Updated Guidelines for Implantation of Cardiac Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmia Devices

Additional Information