Chapter 22 Imaging in the Electrophysiology Laboratory Intracardiac Echocardiography Bradley Knight, Susan S. Kim, Robert Schweikert, Sanjeev Saksena Introduction With the increase in number and variety of percutaneous intracardiac procedures,…
Chapter 3 Molecular and Cellular Basis of Cardiac Electrophysiology Gordon Tomaselli, Dan M. Roden This chapter reviews what is known about the fundamental basis of the excitability of the heart,…
Chapter 91 Electrical Therapy for Tachyarrhythmias Future Directions David Steinhaus, Paul J. DeGroot In their 25 years of existence, implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) have moved to the forefront as the best…
Chapter 37 Pacemaker Follow-up Paul Knops, Luc Jordaens Introduction Since the implantation of the first human pacemaker in 1958, electrical myocardial stimulation against various types of rhythm disorders of the…
Chapter 92 Three-Dimensional Cardiac Mapping Techniques in Catheter Ablation Oliver R. Segal, Nick W.F. Linton, Louisa Malcolm-Lawes, D. Wyn Davies Introduction The development of intracardiac mapping was based on the…
Chapter 73 Arrhythmias During Pregnancy Thomas Adam Burkart, Jamie Beth Conti Cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, although not a routine problem, are not uncommon. Fortunately, life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in women of childbearing…
Chapter 96 Advances in Catheter Ablation of Primary Ventricular Fibrillation Isabelle Nault, Sébastien Knecht, Frédéric Sacher, Nicolas Derval, Amir Jadidi, Andrei Forclaz, Matthew Wright, Shisuke Myazaki, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs,…
Chapter 81 Clinical Application of New Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation Gerald V. Naccarelli Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia requiring medical care. Oral antiarrhythmic drugs are…
Chapter 67 Clinical Use and Mechanistic Implications of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans and Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Elizabeth S. Kaufman, Michael J. Cutler, David S. Rosenbaum Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA),…
Chapter 15 Principles of Catheter Ablation Ann C. Garlitski, Munther K. Homoud, N.A. Mark Estes, III Ablative therapy for cardiac arrhythmias is based on the rationale that for every arrhythmia,…
