Handbook of cardiac electrophysiology

Preface 
Acknowledgments 
Editors 
Contributors 
SECTION I: BASIC EP LABORATORY SETUP AND EQUIPMENT
1. Device Lab Set-Up 
John Lopez and Mina K. Chung
2. Organization of The Arrhythmia Lab 
Roy Chung and Oussama M. Wazni
3. Holter and Event Monitor Laboratory Setup 
Roy Chung, Daniel Cantillon, and Mina K. Chung
SECTION II: BRADYARRHYTHMIA
4. Bradycardia 
Shiv Bagga and Mandeep Bhargava
5. Indications for Permanent Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy 
Shiv Bagga, J. David Burkhardt, and Mandeep Bhargava
SECTION III: SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA
6. Atrial Flutter 
Ayman A. Hussein and Oussama M. Wazni
7. Atrial Fibrillation 
Rong Bai, Mohamed Salim, Luigi Di Biase, Robert Schweikert, and Walid Saliba
SECTION IV: VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIA
8. Genetically Determined Ventricular Arrhythmias 
Houman Khakpour and Jason S. Bradfield
9. Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia 
Jackson J. Liang and David S. Frankel
SECTION V: SYNCOPE
10. Syncope Events, Definitions, Causes, and Features 
Subramanya Prasad, Oussama M. Wazni, Mina K. Chung, Kenneth Mayuga, and Robert Schweikert
11. Syncope Management Facilities 
Subramanya Prasad, Robert Schweikert, Mina K. Chung, Kenneth Mayuga, and Oussama M. Wazni
12. Syncope Management and Diagnostic Testing 
Subramanya Prasad, Oussama M. Wazni, Robert Schweikert, Kenneth Mayuga, and Mina K. Chung
SECTION VI: DEVICE PROCEDURES
13. Implantation of Pacemakers and ICDs 
Kushwin Rajamani, Michael P. Brunner, Oussama M. Wazni, and Bruce L. Wilkoff
14. Left Ventricular Lead Implantation for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy 
Kushwin Rajamani, Michael P. Brunner, Oussama M. Wazni, and Bruce L. Wilkoff
15. Extraction of Devices 
Oussama M. Wazni and Bruce L. Wilkoff
SECTION VII: PERFORMING BASIC EP STUDIES
16. Venous and Arterial Access, EP Catheters, Positioning of Catheters 
Ching Chi Keong, J. David Burkhardt, Thomas Dresing, and Andrea Natale
17. Basic Intracardiac Intervals 
Duc H. Do and Noel G. Boyle
18. Basics of Electrophysiology Study 
Jonathan R. Hoffman and Marmar Vaseghi
19. Head-Up Tilt (HUT) Table Testing 
Subramanya Prasad, Amer Kadri, J. David Burkhardt, Thomas Dresing, and Kenneth Mayuga
SECTION VIII: CATHETER ABLATION TECHNIQUES
20. Ablation of SVT (AVNRT and AVRT) 
Kushwin Rajamani and Patrick Tchou
21. Management and Ablation of Atrial Flutter 
Carola Gianni, Amin Al-Ahmad, and Andrea Natale
22. Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation 
Jorge Romero, Carola Gianni, Sanghamitra Mohanty, Chintan Trivedi, Domenico G. Della Rocca, Andrea Natale, and Luigi Di Biase
23. Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Structurally Normal Heart 
Andres Enriquez and Fermin Garcia
24. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Fibrillation and Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia 
Amin Al-Ahmad, Carola Gianni, and Andrea Natale
25. Mapping and Catheter Ablation of Postmyocardial Infarction Ventricular Tachycardia (VT): A Substrate-Based Approach 
Zaid Aziz and Roderick Tung
26. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy 
Daniele Muser and Pasquale Santangeli
27. Non-Ischemic Cardiomyopathy And Ventricular Arrhythmias 
Matthew C. Hyman and Gregory E. Supple
28. Ultrasound in the Electrophysiology Lab 
Carola Gianni, Javier E. Sanchez, Domenico G. Della Rocca, Amin Al-Ahmad, and Andrea Natale
29. Left Atrial Appendage Closure 
Rodney P. Horton, Carola Gianni, and Andrea Natale
30. ECG Features of Normal Heart PVCs 
Robert D. Schaller
31. Epicardial Access and Indications 
Jason S. Bradfield and Kalyanam Shivkumar
32. Ecg-Based Origin of Atrial Flutter 
Decebal Gabriel Laţcu, Nadir Saoudi, and Francis E. Marchlinski
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