Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology (Paperback, 2 ed)

Preface Acknowledgments Editors Contributors SECTION I: BASIC EP LABORATORY SETUP AND EQUIPMENT1. Device Lab Set-Up John Lopez and Mina K. Chung2. Organization of The Arrhythmia Lab Roy Chung and Oussama M. Wazni3. Holter and Event Monitor Laboratory Setup Roy Chung, Daniel Cantillon, and Mina K. ChungSECTION II: BRADYARRHYTHMIA4. Bradycardia Shiv Bagga and Mandeep Bhargava5. Indications for Permanent Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Shiv Bagga, J. David Burkhardt, and Mandeep BhargavaSECTION III: SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA6. Atrial Flutter Ayman A. Hussein and Oussama M. Wazni7. Atrial Fibrillation Rong Bai, Mohamed Salim, Luigi Di Biase, Robert Schweikert, and Walid SalibaSECTION IV: VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA8. Genetically Determined Ventricular Arrhythmias Houman Khakpour and Jason S. Bradfield9. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia Jackson J. Liang and David S. FrankelSECTION V: SYNCOPE10. Syncope Events, Definitions, Causes, and Features Subramanya Prasad, Oussama M. Wazni, Mina K. Chung, Kenneth Mayuga, and Robert Schweikert11. Syncope Management Facilities Subramanya Prasad, Robert Schweikert, Mina K. Chung, Kenneth Mayuga, and Oussama M. Wazni12. Syncope Management and Diagnostic Testing Subramanya Prasad, Oussama M. Wazni, Robert Schweikert, Kenneth Mayuga, and Mina K. ChungSECTION VI: DEVICE PROCEDURES13. Implantation of Pacemakers and ICDs Kushwin Rajamani, Michael P. Brunner, Oussama M. Wazni, and Bruce L. Wilkoff14. Left Ventricular Lead Implantation for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Kushwin Rajamani, Michael P. Brunner, Oussama M. Wazni, and Bruce L. Wilkoff15. Extraction of Devices Oussama M. Wazni and Bruce L. WilkoffSECTION VII: PERFORMING BASIC EP STUDIES16. Venous and Arterial Access, EP Catheters, Positioning of Catheters Ching Chi Keong, J. David Burkhardt, Thomas Dresing, and Andrea Natale17. Basic Intracardiac Intervals Duc H. Do and Noel G. Boyle18. Basics of Electrophysiology Study Jonathan R. Hoffman and Marmar Vaseghi19. Head-Up Tilt (HUT) Table Testing Subramanya Prasad, Amer Kadri, J. David Burkhardt, Thomas Dresing, and Kenneth MayugaSECTION VIII: CATHETER ABLATION TECHNIQUES20. Ablation of SVT (AVNRT and AVRT) Kushwin Rajamani and Patrick Tchou21. Management and Ablation of Atrial Flutter Carola Gianni, Amin Al-Ahmad, and Andrea Natale22. Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Jorge Romero, Carola Gianni, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Chintan Trivedi, Domenico G. Della Rocca, Andrea Natale, and Luigi Di Biase23. Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Structurally Normal Heart Andres Enriquez and Fermin Garcia24. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation and Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia Amin Al-Ahmad, Carola Gianni, and Andrea Natale25. Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Postmyocardial Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia (VT): A Substrate-Based Approach Zaid Aziz and Roderick Tung26. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Daniele Muser and Pasquale Santangeli27. Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy And Ventricular Arrhythmias Matthew C. Hyman and Gregory E. Supple28. Ultrasound in the Electrophysiology Lab Carola Gianni, Javier E. Sanchez, Domenico G. Della Rocca, Amin Al-Ahmad, and Andrea Natale29. Left Atrial Appendage Closure Rodney P. Horton, Carola Gianni, and Andrea Natale30. ECG Features of Normal Heart PVCs Robert D. Schaller31. Epicardial Access and Indications Jason S. Bradfield and Kalyanam Shivkumar32. Ecg-Based Origin of Atrial Flutter Decebal Gabriel Latcu, Nadir Saoudi, and Francis E. MarchlinskiIndex