Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Handbook, Second Edition

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
About the Authors
Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Fundamentals
	THE CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL
	ARRHYTHMIA MECHANISMS
	ENTRAINMENT
	RESETTING
	LEFT-SIDED ACCESS: TRANSAORTIC AND TRANSSEPTAL APPROACH
	INTRACARDIAC ELECTROGRAM (EGM)
	3D CARDIAC MAPPING
	ARRHYTHMIA MAPPING
	ABLATION ENERGY
	INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
Chapter 2: EP Study and Maneuvers
	THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY STUDY
	STANDARD CATHETER PLACEMENT
	MEASUREMENT OF BASIC CONDUCTION INTERVALS
	REFRACTORY PERIODS
	ANTEROGRADE CONDUCTION
	RETROGRADE CONDUCTION
	ARRHYTHMIA INDUCTION
	PROGRAMMED VENTRICULAR STIMULATION
	OBSERVATIONS IN TACHYCARDIA: ATRIAL ACTIVATION SEQUENCE
	VENTRICULAR PACING MANEUVERS DURING TACHYCARDIA
	ATRIAL PACING MANEUVERS DURING TACHYCARDIA
	PACING MANEUVERS DURING SINUS RHYTHM
	EVALUATION OF SINUS NODE FUNCTION
	EVALUATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE FUNCTION
Chapter 3: EP Study: Specific Approaches
	APPROACH TO NARROW-COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA (NCT)
	APPROACH TO WIDE-COMPLEX TACHYCARDIA (WCT)
	PHARMACOLOGIC CHALLENGE FOR INHERITED ARRHYTHMIA SYNDROMES
Chapter 4: Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
	UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIAS (AVNRT)
	DIFFERENTIATING ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIAS FROM OTHER TACHYCARDIAS
	CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA
	CATHETER ABLATION OF ATYPICAL ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODAL REENTRANT TACHYCARDIA SUBSTRATES
Chapter 5: Accessory Pathways
	UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING ACCESSORY PATHWAYS (APs)
	UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING ACCESSORY PATHWAYS (APs)
	UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING ACCESSORY PATHWAYS (APs)
Chapter 6: Atrioventricular Reciprocating Tachycardia
	ARRHYTHMIAS ASSOCIATED WITH ACCESSORY PATHWAYS (APs)
	ATRIOVENTRICULAR RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA (AVRT)
	ATRIOVENTRICULAR REENTRANT TACHYCARDIAS
	SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
	CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIOVENTRICULAR RECIPROCATING TACHYCARDIA (AVRT)
Chapter 7: Focal Atrial Tachyarrhythmia
	UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING FOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA
	CATHETER ABLATION OF ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIA (AT)
Chapter 8: Atrial Flutter and Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardia
	ATRIAL FLUTTER (AFL)
	CATHETER ABLATION OF MACROREENTRANT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA (MRAT)
	CATHETER ABLATION OF CAVOTRICUSPID ISTHMUS MACROREENTRANT ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA (MRAT)
Chapter 9: Atrial Fibrillation
	UNDERSTANDING AND EVALUATING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF)
	ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) ABLATION — PULMONARYVEIN ISOLATION
	ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) ABLATION—ADJUNCTIVE TECHNIQUES TO PVI
	COMPLEX FRACTIONATED ATRIAL ELECTROGRAM (CFAE) ABLATION
	RECURRENT ATRIAL TACHYARRHYTHMIAS AFTER ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) ABLATION
	COMPLETE ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE ABLATION
	LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE OCCLUSION (LAAO)
Chapter 10:  Ventricular Tachycardia
	UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT)
	CATHETER ABLATION OF VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT)
	IDIOPATHIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT)
	BUNDLE BRANCH REENTRANT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (BBR-VT)
	FASCICULAR (OR IDIOPATHIC) LEFT VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT)
	PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES (PVCs)
Chapter 11: Sinus Tachycardia
	UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING SINUS TACHYCARDIA (ST)
Chapter 12: Bradycardia and Blocks
	SINUS BRADYCARDIA AND SINOATRIAL (SA) NODE DYSFUNCTION
	FIRST-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE CONDUCTION BLOCK
	SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE CONDUCTION BLOCK
	THIRD-DEGREE (COMPLETE) ATRIOVENTRICULAR (AV) NODE CONDUCTION BLOCK
Chapter 13: Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices
	PERMANENT PACEMAKERS
	CIED NOMENCLATURE (NBG Code)
	CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDs) TIMING CYCLES
	IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD)
	COMPLICATIONS OF DEVICES
	ASSESSMENT OF THE CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE (CIED) PATIENT
	APPROACH TO PACEMAKER AND IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR(ICD) INTERROGATION
	PROBLEM SOLVING CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDs)
	MANAGING THE PATIENT WITH AN IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) THERAPY
	ARRHYTHMIC OR ELECTRICAL STORM
	CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDs): SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS
	DEFIBRILLATOR THRESHOLD TESTING
	NON-RESPONDERS TO CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY (CRT)
	ALTERNATIVES TO CRT
	CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE (CIED) INFECTIONS
Chapter 14: Sudden Cardiac Death and Inherited Arrhythmias
	SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (SCD)
	IDENTIFYING PATIENTS AT RISK OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (SCD)
	SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH (SCD) IN ATHLETES
	CHANNELOPATHIES
	CATECHOLAMINERGIC POLYMORPHIC VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA (VT)
	BRUGADA SYNDROME
	ARRYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY
	LEFT DOMINANT ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (LDAC)
	HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY (HCM)
Chapter 15: Syncope
	TILT TABLE TESTING
	UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING SYNCOPE
	TILT TABLE TESTING
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