Description
Written and edited by expert electrophysiologists, this book is a practical, well-illustrated guide to the most successful techniques for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. While other texts address ablation of different arrhythmias, this is the first book to focus specifically on atrial fibrillation.
Chapters explain how to establish programs and laboratories for treating atrial fibrillation; use complex imaging modalities and guidance systems; implement a variety of catheter-based ablation strategies, either isolated or in tandem; monitor the ablated patient's course for complications and arrhythmia recurrence; and manage these problems should they arise. The chapters on lab staffing and equipment, pre-procedure preparation, and post-procedure care will be of special interest to paraprofessionals such as lab nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. More than 200 diagrams, photographs, and other illustrations demonstrate the techniques.
Features
--A practical guide to the most successful techniques and the latest equipment
--Covers pre-procedure preparation and post-procedure care
--Includes a chapter on lab equipment and staffing
--More than 200 diagrams, photographs, and other illustrations demonstrate the techniques
About the Author(s)
- Hugh Calkins MD
- Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Director of the Arrhythmia Service and Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
- Pierre Jais MD
- Arrhythmia Department, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut Lévèque, Bordeaux, France
- Jonathan S Steinberg MD
- Chief, Division of Cardiology, Al-Sabah Endowed Director, Arrhythmia Service, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital; Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Specs
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9780781775595
- Trim Size: 7 x 10
- Pages: 352
- Pub Date: Apr 24, 2008
- Weight: 2.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
Contributing Authors
Preface
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
- Indications for AF Ablation and Consensus Recommendations
- Non-Pharmacological Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation: An Historical Overview
- Equipment and Staffing
- Intracardiac Ultrasound
- Electroanatomic Mapping Systems
- Magnetic and Robotic Navigation
- Noncontact Mapping
- Pre-procedure Preparation
- Circumferential Ablation with PV Isolation Guided by Lasso Catheter
- Circumferential Atrial Ablation
- Electrogram-Guided Ablation
- Linear Left Atrial Ablation
- Tailored Approach to Ablation
- Ablation of Autonomic Ganglia
- Atrial Fibrillation Trigger Mapping
- A Comprehensive Overview of Ablation of Paroxysmal, Persistent, and Permanent AF: A Stepwise Approach
- Emerging Technologies
- Identification and Elimination of Ancillary Arrhythmias
- Ablation Procedure Follow-up and Definitions of Success
- When and How to Re-ablate
- Post-procedure Care after Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
- Complications
- The Challenges of Monitoring Outcomes
Ablation Program Planning
MAPPING, IMAGING, AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS
ABLATION PROCEDURES
ABLATION STRATEGIES
Index
