The Practice of Catheter Cryoablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias, Enhanced Edition (eBook)

Edited by Ngai-Yin Chan, MBBS, FRCP, FACC, FHRS, Head, Cardiac Pacing Service and Head, Cardiac Rehabilitation Service, Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Princess Margaret Hospital, Hong Kong, China

List of Contributors, vi

Preface, viii

Acknowledgments, ix

About the Companion Website, x

1 Biophysical Principles and Properties of Cryoablation, 1

Jo Jo Hai and Hung-Fat Tse

2 Catheter Cryoablation for Pediatric Arrhythmias, 8

Kathryn K. Collins and George F. Van Hare

3 Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: What Have We
Learned from Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation?, 18

Ruey J. Sung, Charlie Young, and Michael R. Lauer

4 Catheter Cryoablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant
Tachycardia, 36

Ngai-Yin Chan

5 Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation,
47

Jürgen Vogt

6 Prevention of Phrenic Nerve Palsy during Cryoballoon Ablation
for Atrial Fibrillation, 67

Marcin Kowalski

7 Linear Isthmus Ablation for Atrial Flutter: Catheter
Cryoablation versus Radiofrequency

Catheter Ablation, 82

Gregory K. Feld and Navinder Sawhney

8 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Accessory Pathways,
99

Ngai-Yin Chan

9 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Ventricular
Arrhythmias, 113

Luigi Di Biase, Xue Yan, Pasquale Santangeli, Amin Al-Ahmad,
Henry H. Hsia, David J. Burkhardt, and Andrea Natale

10 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Miscellaneous
Arrhythmias, 120

Ngai-Yin Chan

Index, 131