Cardiac Devices

Understand the device.
Read the behavior.

A seven-module educational course covering pacemakers, ICDs, CRT, leadless pacing, sensing and capture, interrogation concepts, and structured device troubleshooting.

7 modulesInteractive checksTracing conceptsTech scenarios
Your course progress

Device learning path

Start with pacing fundamentals, then build toward interrogation and troubleshooting.

Module 01

Pacemaker Fundamentals

Build a clean foundation: what a pacemaker senses, when it paces, and why a pacing spike alone does not prove capture.

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Module 02

ICD Fundamentals

Understand how ICDs detect ventricular tachyarrhythmias and conceptually use ATP and shock therapy.

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Module 03

CRT Fundamentals

Learn the purpose of cardiac resynchronization and how coordinated ventricular pacing differs from standard bradycardia pacing.

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Module 04

Leadless Pacing

Understand the architecture and evolving capabilities of intracardiac leadless pacing systems.

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Module 05

Sensing, Capture & Thresholds

Master the language of device work: sensing, capture, pacing threshold, oversensing and undersensing.

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Module 06

Interrogation Basics

Learn a structured way to review battery, lead trends, rhythm, pacing, episodes and stored electrograms.

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Module 07

Device Troubleshooting

Practice describing device behavior, separating sensing from capture problems, and escalating findings precisely.

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How EP Tech Hub teaches devices

Focus on concepts that transfer across manufacturers: sensing → timing → output → capture → stored data → troubleshooting. Exact programming terminology, algorithms, alert behavior and workflows vary by manufacturer and model.

Professional learning resources

Heart Rhythm Society — Clinical Resources
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Heart Rhythm Society — Education
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Important: This course is not a substitute for manufacturer-specific programmer training, institutional competency validation, formal device-clinic education, or physician/advanced-practice clinical decision-making.

Founder-authored educational material. External expert review is not implied unless specifically stated.