Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization is uniformly written to provide sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with permanent pacemakers, ICDs and CRT systems.

Cardiac Pacing, Defibrillation and Resynchronization:

• Provides sensible, matter-of-fact methods for understanding and caring for patients with pacemakers. ICDs and CRTs.
• Presents a logical progression from descriptions of device indications to selection of hardware and implementation
• Helps the reader understand the technical capabilities of pacemakers, ICDs, and CRT

Contents

1. Clinically Relevant Basics of Pacing and Defibrillation
2. Hemodynamics of Device Therapy
3. Indications for Pacemakers, ICDs and CRT
4. Generator and Lead Selection
5. Implantation and Extraction Techniques
6. Implantation-related Complications
7. Pacemaker and Cardiac Resynchronization Timing Cycles and Electrocardiography
8. Programming
9. Rate-adaptive Pacing
10. Troubleshooting
11. Pacemaker, ICD and CRT Radiography
12. Electromagnetic Interference and Implantable Devices
13. Follow-up

Index

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