Main description:

With a growing population of young patients with congenital heart disease reaching adulthood, this unique new book offers an in-depth guide to managing the challenges and issues related to device therapy in this patient group. * The only book resource dedicated to pacing, cardiac resynchronization therapy and ICD therapy for the pediatric and congenital heart disease patient * Contains practical advice for pacemaker and ICD implantation, programming, trouble-shooting, managing complications and follow up * Up-to-date with the latest in device technology * Contains multiple graphics, device electrogram tracings, and radiographic images for clarity * Includes video clips and over 150 multiple choice questions with extended answers on companion website, ideal for self test * An invaluable resource for both the specialist pediatric cardiologist and the general cardiologist responsible for children with heart disease and pacing devices

Contents:

Foreword, ix List of Contributors, xi Preface, xv About the CompanionWebsite, xvii Part 1: Introduction 1 History of Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation in the Young, 3 Larry Rhodes and Robert Campbell 2 Clinically Relevant Basics of Pacing and Defibrillation, 12 Maully Shah and Erick Cuvillier Part 2: Clinical Concepts 3 Indications for Permanent Pacing, Device, and Lead Selection, 37 Philip M. Chang, Christopher Carter, and Yaniv Bar-Cohen 4 Indications for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy, Device, and Lead Selection, 62 Mitchell I. Cohen and Susan P. Etheridge 5 Hemodynamics of Pacing and Cardiac ResynchronizationTherapy (CRT) for the Failing Left and Right Ventricle, 91 Kara S. Motonaga and Anne M. Dubin 6 Sensor Driven Pacing: Ideal Characteristics in Pediatrics, 118 David Bradley and Peter S. Fischbach 7 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Testing in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, 123 Elizabeth A. Stephenson and Charles I. Berul Part 3: Implantation Techniques 8 Permanent Transvenous Pacemaker, CRT, and ICD Implantation in the Structurally Normal Heart, 133 Akash R. Patel and Steven Fishberger 9 Permanent Pacemaker, CRT, and ICD Implantation in Congenital Heart Disease, 147 Ian Law and Nicholas H. Von Bergen 10 Permanent Epicardial Pacing:When, How, andWhy? 163 Larry Rhodes and Maully Shah 11 Managing Device Related Complications and Lead Extraction, 172 Avi Fischer and Barry Love 12 Temporary Pacing in Children, 195 Anjan S. Batra and Ilana Zeltser Part 4: Device Programming and Follow-Up 13 Pacemaker and ICD Programming in Congenital Heart Disease, 211 Jonathan Kaltman and Jeffrey Moak 14 Pacemaker Troubleshooting and Follow-Up, 231 Ronn E. Tanel and Frank Zimmerman 15 ICD Troubleshooting and Follow-Up, 252 Steven Fishberger and Maully Shah 16 CRT device Programming and Optimization, 271 Anoop Singh and Seshadri Balaji 17 Implantable Syncope and Arrhythmia Monitors, and Automated External Defibrillators, 280 John R. Phillips and Pamela S. Ro 18 Electromagnetic Interference and Implantable Devices, 294 Karen Smoots and R. Lee Vogel 19 Quality of Life, Sports, and Implantable Devices in the Young, 302 Elizabeth Saarel 20 Device Innovations and the Future of DeviceTherapy for Arrhythmia and Heart Failure Management, 308 Michael P. Carboni and Ronald J. Kanter Glossary, 322