Modern Pacemakers - Present and Future

Modern Pacemakers Present and Future Preface......Page 1
Part 1......Page 15
01_Information Technology Aspects of Integrated Cardiac Rhythm Disease Management......Page 17
02_Different Automatic Mode Switching in DDDR Pacemakers......Page 39
03_Advanced Techniques for CRT Implantations......Page 51
04_The Alternative Atrial Pacing Sites......Page 69
05_Left Ventricular Endocardial Pacing Techniques as an Alternative for Ineffective Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and the Role of Acute Hemodynamic Evaluation......Page 83
06_Pacing Therapy in Infants and Children with Congenital and Acquired Complete Atrioventricular Block: Optimal Pacing Strategies, Management, and Follow-up.......Page 103
07_Advantages of Right-Sided Implantation of  Permanent Cardiac Pacemakers Performed by a Surgeon......Page 131
Part 2......Page 141
08_Telemonitoring of the Pacemaker......Page 143
09_Remote Monitoring in Patients with Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: New Perspectives for Complex Therapeutic Management......Page 161
10_Remote Monitoring of Implantable Pacemaker, Cardioverter Defibrillator, and Cardiac Resynchronizer......Page 181
Part 3......Page 193
11_Interaction between the RF Field of MRI Apparatus and Pacemakers......Page 195
12_Adverse Interactions between ICD and Permanent Pacemaker Systems......Page 215
13_Electromagnetic Interference of Pacemakers......Page 243
14_Magnetic Resonance Imaging with MR Conditional Cardiac Pacemakers......Page 267
Part 4......Page 283
15_Complications of Pacemaker Implantation......Page 285
16_Common Pacemaker Problems: Lead and Pocket Complications......Page 313
17_Conduction Disturbances after the Superior Septal Approach for Mitral Valve Repair......Page 333
18_Complication of Pacemaker Implantation: An Atrial Lead Perforation......Page 347
19_Cardiac Perforation Associated with a Pacemaker or ICD Lead......Page 357
20_Long-Term Consequences of Endocardial Leads Present in Cardiovascular System......Page 365
21_Pacing System Malfunction: Evaluation and Troubleshooting......Page 381
22_Infections of Permanent Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillators......Page 395
Part 5......Page 417
23_Pacemaker and Network Mechanisms of Neural Rhythm Generation......Page 419
24_Network of Gut Pacemaker Cells: Spatio-Temporal Evaluation of Electrical Activity by Use of Microelectrode Array......Page 441
25_Possible Role of Respiratory Pacemaker Neurons in the Generation of Different Breathing Patterns......Page 455
26_Diaphragmatic Pacemaker......Page 467
Part 6......Page 485
27_Optical Techniques for Future Pacemaker Technology......Page 487
28_Creation of a Biopacemaker: Lessons from the Sinoatrial Node......Page 509
29_Advances in Research on Pacemaking Function of Interstitial Cell of Cajal in Gastrointestinal Tract......Page 541
30_Biological Pacemaker – Main Ideas and Optimization......Page 563
31_The Functional Role of Chloride Channels in Cardiac Pacemaker Activity......Page 587
32_The Funny Current in Cardiac Non-Pacemaker Cells: Functional Role and Pharmacological Modulation......Page 609