Clinical Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization Therapy

Section 1 BASIC PRINCIPLES OF DEVICE THERAPY Chapter 1---Cardiac Electrical Stimulation Chapter 2---Principes of Defibrillation: Cellular Physiology to fields and waveforms Chapter 3---Sensing and Arrhythmia Detection by implantable devices Chapter 4---Engineering and construction of pacemaker and defibrillation leads Chapter 5: Sensors in implantable devices-incldues information on chronotropic incompetence Chapter 6---Power sources for implantable devices Chapter 7---Pacemaker/ICD Circuitry/Remote Telemetry Section 2 CLINICAL CONCEPTS Chapter 8---Device Nomenclature Chapter 9---Basic Physiology and Hemodynamics of Cardiac Pacing, including ventricular contraction and resynchronization Chapter 10---Clinical Trials of Bradycardia Pacing Chapter 11---Clinical Trials of Defibrillator Therapy Chapter 12---Clinical Trials of Resynchronization Therapy Chapter 13---Pacing for Sinus Node Disease; including pacing for prevention of atrial tachycarrhythmias Chapter 14---Pacing for Conduction System Disease Chapter 15---Pacing for Neurally Mediated Syndromes (CSH, et al.) Chapter 16---Sensor Driven Pacing: Device Specifics: Activity, Accelerometers, MV, QT Chapter 17---Defibrillation testing, including ATP and preventive pacing Section 3 Implantation Techniques Chapter 18---Implantation of pacemakers and defibrillators Chapter 19---Implantation of the left ventricular lead Chapter 20---Approach to Pulse Generator Changes Chapter 21---Management of Implant Complications Chapter 22---Techniques and devices for lead extraction Chapter 23---Radiography of implantable devices Section 4 DEVICE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY Chapter 24---Timing Cycles of Implantable Devices Chapter 25---Pacemaker Troubleshooting and follow-up (no BiV PM) Chapter 26---ICD Troubleshooting and follow-up (no BiV ICD) Chapter 27---Troubleshooting, follow-up and programming of BiV devices (including echo optimization) Chapter 28---Follow-up, and interpretation of implantable syncope monitors Chapter 29---EMI and Implantable Devices Chapter 30---Pediatric Pacing and Implantable Defibrillator Therapy