Offering a clear and consistent framework for recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of a wide range of cardiac arrhythmia disturbances,
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Practical Guide covers the fundamental analytical skills needed in this challenging area.
This portable, highly accessible handbook focuses on the basics of clinical electrophysiology- how and when to perform an electrophysiology study as well as principles of ablation and other invasive therapies-all in a succinct and modern format.
Table of Contents:Chapter 1. Classification of ArrhythmiasChapter 2. Electrophysiologic Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenesis
- Normal excitation of the heart
- Mechanisms of arrhythmias
Chapter 3. Cardiac Anatomy for the Electrophysiologist- Left Atrium
- Right Atrium
- Right and Left Ventricle
- Cardiac Valves
- The Conduction System
Chapter 4. Vascular Access and Catheters- Patient Preparation
- Epicardial access
- Catheter Placement
- Exposure to Radiation During EP Procedures
Chapter 5. Electrophysiology Hardware- Electrode Catheters
- Sheaths
- Electrogram Recording and Processing
- Pacing
Chapter 6. Basic Intervals and Atrial and Ventricular Conduction Curves- Basic Intervals
- AV Conduction Curves
- VA conduction Curves
Chapter 7. Electroanatomic Mapping and Robotic Navigation- Electroanatomic Mapping Systems
- Robotic Navigation
Chapter 8. Physics of Ablation- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Cryoablation
- Laser Ablation
- Pulsed Field Ablation
- Stereotactic Cardiac Radioablation
Chapter 9. Investigation of Bradycardias- Sinus Bradycardia
- Atrioventricular Block
- Atrioventricular Dissociation
- Intraventricular Block
- Electophysiologic Testing for the Investigation of Bradycardias
Chapter 10. Differential Diagnosis of Narrow-QRS Tachycardias- Regular Narrow-QRS (=120 ms) Tachycardias
- Irregular Narrow-QRS (=120 ms) Tachycardias
Chapter 11. Differential Diagnosis of Wide-QRS Tachycardias- Regular Wide-QRS (>120 ms) Tachycardias
- Irregular Wide-QRS (>120 ms) Tachycardias
Chapter 12. Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardias- Atrial Premature Beats
- Sinus Tachycardias
- Focal Atrial Tachycardia
- Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
- Macro-reentrant Atrial Tachycardias
Chapter 13. Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation- Definitions and Classification
- Electrophysiologic Mechanisms
- Diagnosis
- Catheter Ablation
Chapter 14. Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Junctional Tachycardias- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
- Non-reentrant Junctional Tachycardias
- Junctional Ectopic Beats
Chapter 15. Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation of Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Atrioventricular Tachycardias- Definitions
- Electrophysiology and classification of accessory pathways
- Diagnosis
- Risk stratification in patients with asymptomatic preexcitation
- Catheter ablation
Chapter 16. Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardias- Definitions
- Electrophysiologic Mechanisms
- Diagnosis
- Electrophysiology Testing
- Catheter ablation
- Clinical Forms of Ventricular Arrhythmias
