Main description:

Now in its updated Sixth Edition, this highly popular book provides a practical introduction to the basic principles of cardiac pacing. It explains when and how to place temporary and permanent pacemakers, how to set rates and make adjustments, and how to monitor patients to ensure that the pacemaker is functioning properly. The complexities of cardiac electrophysiology are discussed in clinically relevant terms.

This edition includes current AHA/ACC guidelines on indications for pacing. Updated coverage reflects changes in biventricular pacing and telemetry and special concerns for patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators. A glossary and a conversion chart appendix are included.

Contents:

Indications for Pacing

Pacemaker Technology

Principles of Pacemaker-Myocardial Interaction

Programmability and Specialized Circuits

Types of Pacemakers and Hemodynamics of Pacing

Dual-chamber Pacing: Special Considerations

Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

Rate-Modulated Pacing

Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and Antitachycardia Pacing

Pacemaker Implantation

Follow-up of the Patient Who Has Received a Pacemaker

Glossary

Appendix I: Valuable Resources

Appendix II: Conversion Formula, Conversion Chart

Subject Index