This new, expanded edition of the 1993 Dictionary of Cardiac Pacing, Electrophysiology, and Arrhythmias addresses the growing need for education about implantable cardiac devices and arrhythmia management. Perfect for the medical device industry and allied professionals, this illustrated reference updates the language of cardiac pacing, electrophysiology, arrhythmias, and resynchronization therapy. 
Features include:
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<li> 3,386 terms, including more than 1,500 new entries and revised definitions</li>
<li>136 figures and tables, illustrating terms concretely and lending depth to definitions and concepts</li>
<li> extensive cross-references to enable users to find terms with one or more synonyms or related concepts</li>
<li> selected clinical trial descriptions and references</li>
<li>appendices that list accepted and commonly used acronyms, abbreviations, and their meanings</li>
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Dictionary of Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation, Resynchronization, and Arrhythmias

Medical Books

David L. Hayes

Samuel J. Asirvatham

Medicine

Cardiotext Publishing

The first comprehensive resource on transseptal catheterization. Although the transseptal technique was described half a century ago, it has remained essentially unchanged. Recent advances in cardiac electrophysiology and left heart interventions have led to renewed interest in the technique as a means of delivering modern therapeutic interventions. Until now, the knowledge required for safely gaining access to the left atrium to perform catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation or other interventions has existed only in original publications and review articles. This textbook brings all of the relevant information about this technique under one cover, with top experts in each area addressing anatomy, indications, transseptal puncture, visualization technologies, interventional devices, challenging cases, complications, and emerging tools. Electrophysiologists and interventional cardiologists will find Transseptal Catheterization and Interventions invaluable for their work. For teachers and trainees, it will be a welcome teaching tool and resource. Table of Contents: 1. History of Transseptal Catheterization Gregory K. Feld MD, John Ross Jr MD 2. Embryology and Anatomy of the Atrial Septum Siew Yen Ho PhD 3. Radiographic Anatomy of the Atria for the Interventional Electrophysiologist Isabelle Nault MD, Pierre Jais MD, Sabastien Knecht MD 4. Indications and Contraindications for Transseptal Catheterization Hakan Oral MD, Michael Kuhne MD 5. Equipment for Transseptal Punctures David Callans MD, Peter Leong-Sit MD 6. Fluoroscopy-Guided Transseptal Catheterization Kalyanam Shivkumar MD, Michael M. Shehata MD 7. Transseptal Catheterization Guided by Transthoracic and Transesophageal Echocardiography Bradley P. Knight MD, Matthew P. Smelley MD 8. Intracardiac Echocardiography to Guide Transseptal Puncture Andrea Natale MD, Conor D. Barrett MD, Luigi Di Biase MD, J. David Burkhardt MD, Rodney P. Horton MD, Sheldon M. Singh MD, Moussa Mansour MD 9. Transseptal Catheterization in Electrophysiology Procedures in Children and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease Edward P. Walsh MD, Richard J. Czosek MD, John K. Triedman MD 10. Challenging Transseptal Catheterization Yu-Feng Hu MD, Ming-Hsiung Hsieh MD, Shih-Ann Chen MD 11. Transcatheter Atrial Septal Defect Device Closure Ziyad M. Hijazi MD, Sawsan M. Awad MD, Qi-Ling Cao MD 12. Transseptal Left Heart Interventions Samin K. Sharma MD, Mehul B. Patel MD 13. Percutaneous Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Devices Rodney Horton MD, Javier E. Sanchez MD, Yan Wang MD, Andrea Natale MD 14. New Tools and Technology for Transseptal Catheterization Vivek Y. Reddy MD, Sheldon M. Singh MD 15. Complications of Transseptal Catheterization Ranjan Thakur MD, Mehul B. Patel MD, Khyati Pandya MD, Atul Khasnis MD

Transseptal Catheterization and Interventions

Ranjan Thakur

EVERYTHING PRACTICING PHYSICIANS AND PHARMACISTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT DRUG THERAPY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
 A critically acclaimed classic reference now in its third edition, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics, provides current information regarding the contemporary use of all available cardiovascular medications for adults and children. Strongly emphasizing the scientific rationale behind the use of such cardiovascular therapeutics, it discusses new drugs and novel compounds that are under development and may emerge as the cardiac therapies of the future. This edition also addresses special considerations for drug therapy use in the elderly, during pregnancy, and in those with hepatic or renal disease. A generous assortment of tables, figures, and appendices guides readers in their investigations of each drug group and various disease states.
Contents:
This edition is organized into 4 main sections.
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The introductory section includes chapters related to relevant clinical pharmacology, the placebo effect in cardiovascular disease treatments, patient adherence to pharmacotherapy, and pharmacoeconomics.</li>
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The available cardiovascular drugs are reviewed, and each class of drugs is organized into separate chapters. In these chapters the reader will find detailed discussions on how to use individual drugs for prevention and treatment. New drugs in development for each class of agents are also reviewed. Compared to the first 2 editions, the editors have provided hundreds of updated reference citations, as well as adding new chapters on drugs for pulmonary hypertension, vasopressin and vasopressin antagonists, and drug-eluting stents. Since cardiovascular clinicians do not practice in a vacuum, there are also chapters in this section that deal with the pharmacotherapy of obesity, diabetes mellitus, and smoking cessation as it relates to the cardiac patient.</li>
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Special topics related to cardiovascular pharmacotherapy that the clinician will often encounter and includes chapters on alternative and complementary medicine, cardiovascular drug drug interactions, pediatric cardiovascular pharmacology, antibiotic prophylaxis and treatment guidelines for endocarditis and rheumatic fever, and drug therapy of cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases. The section concludes with a chapter on cytokines and myocardial regeneration as a new therapeutic option for cardiac disease and a final chapter that summarizes the status of more than 200 agents that are currently in clinical trials as innovative treatments for cardiovascular disease.</li>
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8-part appendix provides practical, hands-on information on using drugs in clinical settings.<ul>
<li> Provides relevant pharmacokinetic information regarding all the available cardiovascular drugs.</li>
<li>Offers practical drug prescribing information.</li>
<li> Guides for using cardiovascular drugs in specific patient populations.</li>
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This book features an accompanying website, Advances in Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics(cvpct3.com), which highlights advances in cardiovascular drug therapy. Each chapter in the book is updated periodically online with links to new studies; the original chapter authors oversee the updates. In addition, new cardiovascular drugs approved for clinical use by the FDA are reviewed. Readers may communicate directly with the authors and editors through the website regarding topics related to cardiovascular drug use.
Note that bibliographic references are not listed in the book but available online in the form of downloadable PDFs at cvpct3.com.

Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics

Frishman, WIlliam H.

eBook now included with purchase of the print book! This highly visual handbook integrates cardiac anatomy and the state-of-the-art imaging techniques used in today's catheter or electrophysiology laboratory, guiding readers to a comprehensive understanding of both normal cardiac anatomy and the structures associated with complex heart disease. Well organized, easily navigable, and superbly illustrated in a landscape format, this unique text invites the reader on a visual intracardiac journey via stunning images and schematic illustrations, including such imaging modalities as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, ultrasound, radiography, and 3D mapping. Each chapter couples the electrophysiology perspective with detailed descriptions of the anatomic features relevant to a wide variety of arrhythmias, including:
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<li> Supraventricular tachycardias</li> <li> Atrial fibrillation</li> <li> Ventricular arrhythmias</li>
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 With an overview of general cardiac anatomy, congenital malformations, standard catheter positioning, and potential pitfalls, Anatomy for Cardiac Electrophysiologists provides a solid foundation and quick reference for trainees as they prepare for the realities of the catheter laboratory as well as an excellent refresher for experienced operators.

Anatomy for Cardiac Electrophysiologists: A Practical Handbook

S. Yen Ho

Sabine Ernst

Basic Sciences

This book teaches the fundamental concepts of cardiac electrophysiology with an emphasis on the relationship of basic mechanisms to clinical arrhythmias. Understanding this relationship and the underlying mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis will be valuable to medical students in general and physicians entering the fields of cardiology and clinical electrophysiology, as well as those scientists and clinicians already working in this field.
 The foundations of electrophysiology are explained in a way that will enable the student/reader to go on to more advanced texts such as Josephson s Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology by Mark E. Josephson (Wolters Kluwer), who is one of the authors of this book. It is not a complete review of basic cellular electrophysiology and only focuses on aspects that are relevant to the arrhythmogenic mechanisms. Similarly, it is not a complete compendium on electrophysiology of clinical arrhythmias. Only selected arrhythmias are described that best illustrate the translation of the basic electrophysiological mechanism to the clinic.
 The book is divided into three parts that cover the major mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis: Part I Automaticity, Part II Afterdepolarizations and Triggered Activity, and Part III Abnormal Impulse Conduction and Reentry. Each part starts with a chapter that describes the basic science principles related to that particular mechanism. Topics include: impulse initiation and rate control, membrane currents, conduction, and the effects of programmed electrical stimulation and pharmacologic agents. Subsequent chapters in each part are organized around examples of clinical arrhythmias and then focus on the relevant EP mechanisms and the characteristic responses to interventions. The characteristics of the three different mechanisms are compared and contrasted throughout the text.
 Each example works through these three key questions: 1. What are the ECG characteristics of the arrhythmia? 2. What is the underlying electrophysiological mechanism? 3. What are the characteristic properties of the arrhythmia that point to its mechanism? 
 Throughout the book, the aspects of basic EP mechanisms and examples from EP studies and pharmacologic interventions are paired with clinical examples. The end result is enhanced understanding of how EP mechanisms and testing relate to arrhythmogenesis in a way that can be applied broadly to a variety of situations in a clinical setting.
 This definitive book also includes: More than 300 figures, including ECGs and original diagrams that illustrate essential electrophysiology concepts. Case studies of clinical arrhythmias with explanations of how ECG characteristics and the responses to electrical stimulation denote arrhythmogenic mechanisms.
 Electrophysiological Foundations of Cardiac Arrhythmias by Wit, Josephson, and Wellens is a long overdue text bridging basic science and clinical medicine, thus providing basic scientists, clinical investigators and practicing physicians, unique insights into the mechanisms underlying cardiac arrhythmias. The complex mechanisms responsible for the development of clinical arrhythmias are discussed in detail, but with clarity and appreciation of continuing gaps in our knowledge. -Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS; Lankenau Institute for Medical Research; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Electrophysiological Foundations of Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Bridge Between Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Electrophysiology

Mark E.Josephson

Andrew L. Wit

Hein J. Wellens

In the rapidly evolving field of treating cardiac arrhythmias, the importance of direct management of patients with implantable cardiac devices is growing. The devices have become increasingly complex, and understanding their algorithms and growing programming options is essential for physicians who implant and manage them. Written by experts and world authorities in the field, Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual provides electrophysiologists, fellows in training, nurses, and cardiovascular technicians involved in day-to-day management of device patients with detailed information about the many device algorithms and interactions.
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<li>Heavily illustrated with over 300 figures and tables.</li>
<li>Uniquely meets the day-to-day needs of all direct management professionals.</li> <li>Focuses in detail on algorithms</li> <li>Describes device interactions, addressing every major manufacturer.</li>
<li>Provides in-depth insight into pacing, including biventricular pacing. </li>
<li>Discusses arrhythmia detection and device classification, testing, and therapy.</li>
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 Table of Contents: PART 1: PACEMAKER SYSTEMS 1. Pacemaker Systems: The Basics of Pulse Generator Design and Engineering Hugh Thomas McElderry, John C. Evans, Jeffrey A. Keeney, and Jose Osorio 2. Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead Design Andrea M. Russo 3. Pacemaker Timing Cycles: Ventricular Based and Atrial Based Fred Kusumoto 4. Algorithms for Minimizing Right Ventricular Pacing Michael O. Sweeney 5. Normal Pacemaker Sensing, Abnormal Sensing, and Automatic Sensing Carsten W. Israel 6. Pacemakers and Atrial Arrhythmias: Detection and Treatment David S. Kwon and Byron K. Lee 7. Miscellaneous Pacing Algorithms George H. Crossley and Robert Andrew Pickett 8. Automatic Threshold Measuring Algorithms Marco V. Perez, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, Mintu P. Turakhia, Paul J. Wang, and Amin Al-Ahmad 9. Sensor-Driven Pacing Chu-Pak Lau, Chung-Wah Siu, and Hung Fat Tse 10. Interpretation of Device Diagnostics Jordan M. Prutkin and Robert W. Rho PART 2: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS 11. Basic ICD Systems Jane Chen 12. ICD Lead Design Gautham Kalahasty and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen 13. Sensing in ICDs Sergio L. Pinski 14. ICD Therapy ATP Karin K. M. Chia, Luigi Di Biase, Paolo Pieragnoli, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Laura Perrotta, Robert Canby, Amin Al-Ahmad, Mark S. Wathen, Andrea Natale, and Luigi Padeletti 15. ICD Therapy-Shock T. Jared Bunch, Jeffrey S. Osborn, and John D. Day 16. Discrimination Algorithms and Arrhythmia Detection Irina Suman Horduna and Paul Khairy 17. Pacing with an ICD System: What Are the Issues? Robert F. Rea 18. Assessing Defibrillation Efficacy at ICD Implant Charles D. Swerdlow and Paul J. DeGroot PART 3: BIVENTRICULAR PACING SYSTEMS 19. Basics of Biventricular Pacing Systems: Principles and Timing Cycles Ravi Ranjan and Joseph E. Marine 20. Programming to Avoid Phrenic Nerve Stimulation during Left Ventricular Pacing Paul J. Wang, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, and Mintu P. Turakhia 21. AV and VV Optimization Jeffrey H. Chung, Robert J. Kim, and Kenneth M. Stein 22. Electromagnetic Interactions from Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Implantable Arrhythmia Devices Saman Nazarian and Henry R. Halperin

Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual

Amin

Al-Ahmad

Cardiorenal syndrome - the presence of significant renal insufficiency and heart failure simultaneously - constitutes one of the most difficult challenges facing clinicians and researchers today. Given the fundamental role of the kidneys in maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance within the body, it comes as no surprise that renal abnormalities are inextricably linked with congestive heart failure. What is surprising is that recent data have indicated that renal dysfunction is a more critical determinant of mortality than heart failure itself. In The Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Clinician s Guide to Pathophysiology and Management, experts from around the world clearly outline the current issues associated with this increasingly prevalent condition, provide invaluable insight into its pathophysiology, and highlight the risks, benefits, and rationales for both practical and promising prevention and treatment strategies, including: 
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<li>Diuretics</li> <li>Role of ACE inhibitors/ angiotensin receptor blockers in renal dysfunction</li> <li>New designer peptides for heart failure</li> <li>Inotropes and neurohormonal blockade</li> <li>Dialysis and ultrafiltration</li> <li>Renal cell therapy</li> <li>Left ventricular assist device implantation</li> <li>Renal and/or heart transplantation</li> </ul> This book serves as a touchstone for cardiovascular specialists and internists as they encounter the diverse varieties of cardiorenal syndrome and attempt to navigate the radically different and evolving therapeutic options in their quest to provide optimal individualized care for their patients.

The Cardiorenal Syndrome: A Clinician's Guide to Pathophysiology and Management

Heywood, J. Thomas, Ed.

Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology is the first and only comprehensive, state-of-the-art textbook written for practitioners in multiple specialties involved in the care of the arrhythmia patient. Encompassing the entire field of interventional therapy for cardiac rhythm management, from basic science to evidence-based medicine to future directions, topics include:<ul>
<li>Technology and Therapeutic Techniques – EP techniques; imaging and radiologic technology; device and ablation technology; drug therapy.</li> <li>Interventional Electrophysiologic Procedures – Diagnostic and physiologic EP techniques; mapping in percutaneous catheter and surgical EP procedures; catheter and surgical ablation; device implantation and management.</li> <li>Clinical Indications and Evidence-based Outcomes Standards – For medical and surgical EP interventions for arrhythmias.</li> <li>New Directions in Interventional Electrophysiology – Hybrid therapy for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias and staged therapy.</li> This book will be essential reading for clinicians and researchers that form the health care team for arrhythmia patients: cardiologists, adult and pediatric clinical electrophysiologists, interventional electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons practicing arrhythmia surgery, allied health care professionals, pharmacologists, radiologists and anesthesiologists evaluating arrhythmia patients, and basic scientists from the biomedical engineering and experimental physiology disciplines. This book includes a free digital edition of the text and 95 videos. 
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Interventional Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Sanjeev Saksena

In a single volume, Transcatheter Closure of ASDs and PFOs: A Comprehensive Assessment supplies pediatric cardiologists, interventional cardiologists, and cardiology fellows with expertise about all aspects of treating ASDs and PFOs. Along with thorough discussions of fundamental topics such as anatomy, natural history, and indications, it offers abundant information about imaging techniques, surgical and nonsurgical procedures, devices, and trials. Every device currently available, both approved and nonapproved, is covered in detail along with technical analyses of how to close defects. In addition, this timely book addresses the association between PFOs and strokes and migraines, and examines the status of all trials relevant to transcatheter closure of ASDs and PFOs.
Part 1: Anatomy, Pathophysiology, and Natural History 1. Anatomy of the Atrial Septum; Paul Weinberg, Akash Patel 2. Natural and Unnatural History of a Secundum ASD; Thomas Graham, Tom Doyle 3. Atrial Septal Defects: Clinical Perspectives; Wail Alkashkari, Ziyad Hijazi 4. Historical Perspectives on ASD Device Closure; Terry King, Noel Mills 5. PFO Closure for Prevention of Recurrent Stroke and TIA; Ted Feldman 6. PFO and Migraines; Jonathan Tobis 
Part 2: Imaging and Assessment 7. Imaging to Guide ASD and PFO Closure--TTE and TEE; Sinai Zyblewski, Girish Shirali 8. Imaging to Guide ASD and PFO Closure: Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE); Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Qi-Ling Cao, Ziyad Hijazi 9. Ct Evaluation of the Interatrial Septum in ASDs; Robert Quaife, John Carroll 10. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Assessment of ASDs and PFOs: Relation to Pre Device Closure and Post; Mark Fogel 
Part 3: Procedure Techniques 11. Establishing a Program in Structural Heart Disease Interventional Therapies; Ted Feldman, Ziyad Hijazi 12. How to Close Simple Atrial Septal Defects; Matthew Egan, Ralf Holzer 13. Device Closure of Difficult ASDs; Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Ziyad Hijazi 14. Device Closure of ASDs in Small Children; Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Ziyad Hijazi 15. Device Closure of ASDs and PFOs in the Elderly: Hemodynamic Assessment; Mehmet Cilingiroglu, Ted Feldman 16. Closure of ASDs with Pulmonary Hypertension: Assessing Operability; Sara M. Trucco, William Hellenbrand 17. Device Closure of ASDs in Patients with R-L Shunt; Anas Salkini, John Moore 18. Device Closure of Fenestrations Post Fontan Operation; Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Ziyad Hijazi 19. Unusual Vascular Access to Close ASDs and PFOs; Larry Latson 20. Transcatheter ASD Closure without Fluoroscopy; Peter Ewert, Felix Berger 21. New Minimally Invasive Techniques for Surgical Closure of ASDs and PFOs; Nikolay Vasilyev, Pedro del Nido 22. Complications of Device Closure of ASDs and PFOs; Zahid Amin 23. Nightmare Cases in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory during Percutaneous Closure of ASD; Mustafa Al-Qbandi, Tarek Momenah, Ziyad Hijazi 24. My Worst Nightmare Cases of PFO Closure; Tina Lehr, Sonya Joy, Kristina Renkhoff, Nina Wunderlich, Horst Sievert 
Part 4: Devices 25. Engineering Aspects of Metallic and Bioabsorbable Devices; Carol Devellian, Stephanie Kladakis, Steven Opolski 26. The Amplatzer Devices for ASDs and PFOs; Trong-Phi Le, Horst Sievert 27. The Gore Helex Septal Occluder; Ted Feldman 28. The Occlutech Flex Devices for ASD and PFO; Horst Sievert, Nicolas Majunke 29. Transcatheter Patch Device; Basilios Sideris, John Coulson, Eleftherios Sideris 30. The CardioSEAL/STARFlex Family of Devices for Closure of Atrial Level Defects; Paul Kramer 31. Bioabsorbable Devices: The BioSTAR and BioTREK for ASD and PFO; Ryan Ko, Michael Mullen 32. Cardia Devices; Daniel Turner, Thomas Forbes 33. The Solysafe Septal Occluder for the Closure of ASDs and PFOs; Peter Ewert

Transcatheter Closure of ASDs and PFOs: A Comprehensive Assessment

Ziyad M. Hijazi MD

Podrid's Real-World ECGs combines traditional case-based workbooks with a versatile Web-based program to offer students, health care professionals, and physicians an indispensable resource for developing and honing the technical skills and systematic approach needed to interpret ECGs with confidence. ECGs from real patient cases offer a complete and in-depth learning experience by focusing on fundamental electrophysiologic properties and clinical concepts as well as detailed discussion of important diagnostic findings and relevant management decisions. Six comprehensive volumes encompass more than 600 individual case studies plus an online repository of hundreds more interactive case studies that include feedback and discussion about the important waveforms and clinical decision-making involved. From an introductory volume that outlines the approaches and tools utilized in the analysis of all ECGs to subsequent volumes covering particular disease entities for which the ECG is useful, readers will take away the in-depth knowledge needed to successfully interpret the spectrum of routine to challenging ECGs they will encounter in their own clinical practice. Volume 1: The Basics outlines the approaches and tools utilized in the analysis of all ECGs, including the identification of important waveforms and subtle abnormalities. This introductory volume lays the foundation for a true understanding of vital ECG principles, including normal activation of the atria and ventricles, the standard lead system, normal waveforms and intervals, and components of a normal ECG recording.

Podrid's Real-World ECGs, Vol 1 The Basics: A Master's Approach to the Art and Practice of Clinical ECG Interpretation

Podrid, Philip

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