Key Features
* Provides a detailed review of the unique challenges presented by young patients with small heart size, and patients of any age with distorted anatomy due to congenital heart disease, in this long overdue, updated text.
* Intends to guide all cardiologists engaged in invasive electrophysiology at both the training level and established practice who are exposed to such exceptional cases.
* Includes an internationally recognized group of experts who discuss the technical approach, success rate, complication rate, and special precautions needed to achieve optimal outcomes.
Edited by:
Edward P. Walsh (Harvard Medical School MA USA),
Paul Khairy (Universite de Montreal,
Canada),
Mohammad Shenasa (O'Connor Hospital,
CA,
USA),
George F. Van Hare (Washington University,
MO,
USA.)
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 280mm,
Width: 210mm,
Weight: 640g
ISBN: 9780367534752
ISBN 10: 0367534754
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 31 December 2021
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
PART I: Introductory Concepts 1. Development and Morphologic Aspects of the Cardiac Conduction System in Normal Hearts and Congenital Heart Defects 2. Tachycardia Mechanisms in Children with Normal Hearts and in Patients of all Ages with Congenital Heart DefectsEdward P. Walsh and Audrey Dionne 3. Physical Principles of Catheter Ablation 4. Indications for Catheter Ablation in Infants, Children, and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease 5. Cardiac Mapping and Imaging in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease PART II: Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Young Patients With Structurally Normal Hearts 6. Automatic Atrial and Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia 7. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia 8. Accessory Pathways (Atrioventricular pathways and other abnormal connections) 9. Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation in Young Patients with Normal Hearts PART III: Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease 10. Overview of Supraventricular Tachycardias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease 11. Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects 12. Catheter Ablation in Atrioventricular Septal Defects 13. Ebstein's Anomaly 14. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Tetralogy of Fallot and Double Outlet Right Ventricle 15. Transposition of the Great Vessels with Mustard / Senning Repair 16. Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries 17. Heterotaxy Syndrome and Twin AV node Tachycardia 18. Catheter Ablation in Univentricular Hearts following Fontan Procedure PART VI: Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease 19. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structurally Normal Hearts 20. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease 21. Role of Interventional Procedures in Channelopathies: Catheter Ablation and Sympathectomy PART V: Miscellaneous Topics 22. Technical Refinements for Catheter Ablation in Young / Small Children 23. Technical Refinements for Ablation in Adults with Complex Vascular and Intracardiac Anatomy, Including Difficult Transseptal Access 24. Minimizing Radiation Exposure During Ablation in Young Patients 25. Sedation and Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation 26. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Electrophysiologist's Prospective 27. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Surgeon's Prospective 28. The Real World: Cost Considerations According to Geographic Location 29. Future Directions
Edward P. Walsh, MD, is currently the Associate Chief of Cardiology for Clinical Affairs, and Division Chief for Cardiac Electrophysiology at Boston Children's Hospital. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the LJ Sloss Professor of Cardiology. George F. Van Hare, MD, is currently Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, and also serves as a Medical Officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Cardiovascular Devices. Paul Khairy, MD, PhD, is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, the Andre Chagnon Research Chair in Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Scientific Director of the Montreal Heart Institute Adult Congenital Centre, and Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre (MHICC). Mohammad Shenasa, MD, is Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, Heart & Rhythm Medical Group in Monte Sereno, California and Department of Cardiovascular Services, O'Connor Hospital in San Jose, California.
