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CLINICAL CARDIAC PACING, DEFIBRILLATION AND RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY
Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization Therapy
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Third Edition

By
Kenneth Ellenbogen, MD, Kontos Professor of Medicine, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Section, VCU School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, VA, USA
Bruce Wilkoff, MD, Professor, Department of Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University; Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmia Devices, Director: Clinical Electrophysiology Research, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
G. Neal Kay, MD, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Chu Pak Lau

Description
This 3rd edition presents cutting-edge standards of pacing and defibrillation to keep you at the forefront of this rapidly expanding field. You'll find coverage of all the new devices and management strategies you need to solve a full range of clinical problems using today's best approaches. Written by world authorities on pacing and devices for cardiac care, this new full-color 3rd edition is the more practical than ever!

Contents


Section 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DEVICE THERAPY


Chapter 1---Cardiac Electrical Stimulation

Chapter 2---Principes of Defibrillation: Cellular Physiology to fields and waveforms

Chapter 3---Sensing and Arrhythmia Detection by implantable devices

Chapter 4---Engineering and construction of pacemaker and defibrillation leads

Chapter 5: Sensors in implantable devices?incldues information on chronotropic incompetence

Chapter 6---Power sources for implantable devices

Chapter 7---Pacemaker/ICD Circuitry/Remote Telemetry



Section 2 CLINICAL CONCEPTS


Chapter 8---Device Nomenclature

Chapter 9---Basic Physiology and Hemodynamics of Cardiac Pacing, including ventricular contraction and resynchronization

Chapter 10---Clinical Trials of Bradycardia Pacing

Chapter 11---Clinical Trials of Defibrillator Therapy

Chapter 12---Clinical Trials of Resynchronization Therapy

Chapter 13---Pacing for Sinus Node Disease; including pacing for prevention of atrial tachycarrhythmias

Chapter 14---Pacing for Conduction System Disease

Chapter 15---Pacing for Neurally Mediated Syndromes (CSH, et al.)

Chapter 16---Sensor Driven Pacing: Device Specifics: Activity, Accelerometers, MV, QT

Chapter 17---Defibrillation testing, including ATP and preventive pacing



Section 3 Implantation Techniques


Chapter 18---Implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators

Chapter 19---Implantation of the left ventricular lead

Chapter 20---Approach to Pulse Generator Changes

Chapter 21---Management of Implant Complications

Chapter 22---Techniques and devices for lead extraction

Chapter 23---Radiography of implantable devices



Section 4 DEVICE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY


Chapter 24---Timing Cycles of Implantable Devices

Chapter 25---Pacemaker Troubleshooting and follow-up (no BiV PM)

Chapter 26---ICD Troubleshooting and follow-up (no BiV ICD)

Chapter 27---Troubleshooting, follow-up and programming of BiV devices (including echo optimization)

Chapter 28---Follow-up, and interpretation of implantable syncope monitors

Chapter 29---EMI and Implantable Devices

Chapter 30---Pediatric Pacing and Implantable Defibrillator Therapy

Bibliographic details
Hardbound, 1280 pages, publication date: DEC-2006
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-2536-8
ISBN-10: 1-4160-2536-7
Imprint: SAUNDERS


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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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