Chapter 87 Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death with Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Jason A. Goebel, Michael R. Gold Introduction Sudden cardiac death (SCD) can be defined as…
Chapter 93 Curative Catheter Ablation for Supraventricular Tachycardia Techniques and Indications Dipen Shah The current popularity of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is, in large part, attributed to its contribution to…
Chapter 57 Arrhythmias in Coronary Artery Disease Alexandru B. Chicos, Alan H. Kadish Other than hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of structural heart…
Chapter 78 Arrhythmias Associated with Congenital Heart Disease George F. Van Hare In patients with congenital heart disease, the management of cardiac arrhythmias poses many challenges for the clinician. The…
Chapter 38 Electrical Therapy for Bradycardia Future Directions Fred Kusumoto, Nora Goldschlager Since its introduction more than a half century ago, progressive improvements in technology have led to the dramatic…
Chapter 40 Atrioventricular Block Epidemiology: Nora Goldschlager, Anatomy: Siew Yen Ho, Basic Electrophysiology: Ralph Lazzara, Diagnostic Techniques: Gerald Naccarelli, Evidence-Based Therapy: Fred Kusumoto, Nora Goldschlager In 1852, Stannius noted that…
Chapter 25 Electrophysiological Evaluation of Ventricular Fibrillation Matthew Wright, Frederic Sacher, Michel Haïssaguerre Introduction Sudden cardiac arrest accounts for between 300,000 and 400,000 deaths in the United States alone each…
Chapter 33 Current Indications for Temporary and Permanent Cardiac Pacing Vasanth Vedantham, Nitish Badhwar In the past few decades, improvements in device technology and surgical techniques have made permanent pacemaker…
Chapter 21 The Electrophysiological Laboratory Technologic Advances and Future Development Sabine Ernst Introduction Crossover or hybrid laboratories were common in the early days of invasive electrophysiology (EP), when the electrophysiological…
Chapter 83 Anticoagulation in Atrial Arrhythmias Current Therapy and New Therapeutic Options Pamela S.N. Goldman, Michael D. Ezekowitz Atrial fibrillation (AF) is an independent risk factor for stroke and the…
