Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology

Description:

The second edition of this bestseller provides a practical, user-friendly manual guiding the theory and practice of cardiac electrophysiology. The handbook provides the specialist in training with a thorough grounding procedures, and clinical findings for clinicians. It provides a review of the main kinds of arrhythmia with illustrations of typical ECG findings supported where appropriate by correlative imaging. It also details the principal diagnostic and therapeutic procedures include implantation of pacemakers, resynchronization therapy, and ablation techniques. Key Features Provides concise, user friendly guide to the equipment, procedures and clinical findings with which EPs need to be familiar Delivers alternatives resource to the flagship titles available in this field - idea for those beginning training or seeking an update Presents extensively updated material to enhance comprehension Includes new treatments and devices for electrophysiologists trained to perform interventional cardiac electrophysiology studies (EPS) as well as surgical device implantations

Table of Contents:

Section I Basic EP Laboratory Setup and Equipment

1 Device Lab Set-up

2 Organization of the Arrhythmia Lab

3 Holter and Event Monitor Laboratory Setup

Section II Bradyarrhythmia

4 Bradycardia

5 Indications for Permanent Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Section III Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmia

6 Atrial Flutter

7 Atrial Fibrillation

Section IV Ventricular Tachyarrhythmia

8 Genetically Determined Ventricular Arrhythmias

9 Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia

Section V Syncope

10 Syncope Events, Definitions, Causes, and Features

11 Syncope Management Facilities

12 Syncope Management and Diagnostic Testing

Section VI Device Procedures

13 Implantation of Pacemakers and ICDs

14 Left Ventricular Lead Implantation for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

15 Extraction of Devices

Section VII Performing Basic EP Studies

16 Venous and Arterial Access, EP Catheters, Positioning of Catheters

17 Basic Intracardiac Intervals

18 Basics of Electrophysiology Study

19 Head-up Tilt (HUT) Table Testing

Section VIII Catheter Ablation Techniques

20 Ablation of SVT (Avnrt and Avrt)

21 Management and Ablation of Atrial Flutter

22 Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

23 Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Structurally Normal Heart

24 Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation and Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia

25 Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Postmyocardial Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia (VT): A Substrate-Based Approach

26 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

27 Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and Ventricular Arrhythmias

28 Ultrasound in the Electrophysiology Lab

29 Left Atrial Appendage Closure

30 ECG Features of Normal Heart PVCs

31 Epicardial Access and Indications

32 ECG-based Origin of Atrial Flutter

Index