Electrophysiology: The Basics

A Companion Guide for the Cardiology Fellow during the EP Rotation
Electrophysiology: The Basics 9781605473437
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Publication Date: Oct 26, 2009
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Geared to cardiology fellows in electrophysiology rotations, Electrophysiology: The Basics provides very specific information based on the outline that specifies what content must be covered in training programs. This pocket guide is authored by prominent electrophysiology instructors and is very practical, discussing the cases the trainee will be seeing. Advanced information is presented in an accessible format; traditional didactic text is combined with bulleted lists and limited, but seminal references. This book will appeal to all cardiology fellows, residents, physicians interested in recertification, medical students, nurses in the electrophysiology lab, and the arrhythmia/device clinic.

Features

--Advanced information in an accessible format
--Bulleted lists
--Limited, key references

About the Author(s)

  • 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

  • Suneet Mittal MD
  • Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Arrhythmia Service, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY

Specs

  • Product Format: Softbound
  • ISBN: 9781605473437
  • Trim Size: 5 x 8
  • Pages: 240
  • Pub Date: Oct 26, 2009
  • Weight: 1.0

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Table of contents

Section I: EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT

1: Bradycardia
Andrea Corrado, Gasparini Gianni, and Antonio Raviele

2: Supraventricular Tachycardia: AVNRT, AVRT
Nitish Badhwar, Ken W. Lee, and Melvin M. Scheinman

3: Atrial Arrhythmias
Jonathan S. Steinberg, Aysha Arshad, and Tina Sichrovsky

4: Ventricular Tachycardia
Shuaib Latif and David J. Callans

5: Syncope
Suneet Mittal

6: Sudden Cardiac Death and the Cardiac Arrest Survivor
Jaimie Manlucu, Raymond Yee, Lorne J. Gula, George J. Klein, Allan C. Skanes, and Andrew D. Krahn

Section II: THE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY

7: Electrophysiology Equipment
Mark W. Preminger

8: Electrophysiologic Testing: Indications and Limitations
Aman Chugh and Fred Morady

9: Principles of Mapping and Ablation
Eric Buch, Noel G. Boyle, and Kalyanam Shivkumar

10: Indications for Cardiac Rhythm Management Devices
Gautham Kalahasty and Kenneth Ellenbogen

11: Miscellaneous Procedures
Aysha Arshad and Suneet Mittal

Section III: THE PACEMAKER AND DEFIBRILLATOR CLINIC

12: Device Interrogations and Utilization of Diagnostic Data
Charles J. Love

Section IV: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS

13: Approach to the Patient with Wide Complex Tachycardia
John M. Miller, Deepak Bhakta, John A. Scherschel, and Anil V. Yadav

14: Antiarrhythmic Medications
Katia Dyrda, Paul Khairy, Stanley Nattel, Mario Talajic, Peter G. Guerra, Bernard Thibault, Marc Dubuc, Laurent Macle, and Denis Roy

15: Chanellopathies
Iwona Cygankiewicz and Wojciech Zareba