BIOTRONIK Evia DR, Technical Manual

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136 Evia Technical Manual
12. Follow-up Procedures
12.1 General Considerations
The pacemaker follow-up serves to verify appropriate function of
the pacing system, and to optimize the parameter settings.
In most instances, pacing system malfunction attributed to
causes such as chronic threshold can be corrected by
reprogramming the pulse generator. The follow-up intervals are,
therefore, primarily determined by medical judgment, taking
possible pacemaker dependency into consideration.
The following notes are meant to stress certain product features,
which are of importance for follow-up visit. For detailed
information on follow-up procedures and medical aspects,
please refer to the pertinent medical literature.
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In order to enable full device functionality, including statistics
functions and ERI detection, transmit a permanent program
after implantation by pressing the
[Transmit/Program]
button.
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Programming Modifications – Extreme programming
changes
should only be made after careful clinical
assessment. Clinical judgment should be used when
programming permanent pacing rates below 40 ppm or above
100 ppm.