Presenting a large amount of information in an easily digestible form, this improved and updated second edition provides sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems, making everyday clinical encounters easier and more productive. Readers will appreciate the knowledge and experience shared by the authors of this book. INDICE: Provisional Table of Contents.1. Clinically Relevant Basics of Pacing and Defibrillation.2. Hemodynamics of Pacing.3. Indications for Pacing, CRT, and Defibrillation.4. Matching Hardware to Pathology: Generator and Lead Selection.5. Implant Techniques and Implant-Related Complications.6. Device Electrocardiography: Pacing and Resynchronization.7. Programming Pacemakers and ICDs.8. Programming and Optimization of CRT Devices. V-V timing. A-V timing. Useof echo for optimization. CRT algorithms.9. Rate-Adaptive Pacing.10. Troubleshooting Implantable Devices.11. Radiography of Implantable Devices.12. EMI andImplantable Devices.13. Follow-up of Implantable Devices
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-6748-2
- Editorial: Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 608
- Fecha Publicación: 18/07/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés