Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual

In the rapidly evolving field of treating cardiac arrhythmias, the importance of direct management of patients with implantable cardiac devices is growing. The devices have become increasingly complex, and understanding their algorithms and growing programming options is essential for physicians who implant and manage them. Written by experts and world authorities in the field, Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual provides electrophysiologists, fellows in training, nurses, and cardiovascular technicians involved in day-to-day management of device patients with detailed information about the many device algorithms and interactions.

Heavily illustrated with over 300 figures and tables
Uniquely meets the day-to-day needs of all direct management professionals
Focuses in detail on algorithms
Describes device interactions, addressing every major manufacturer
Provides in-depth insight into pacing, including biventricular pacing
Discusses arrhythmia detection and device classification, testing, and therapy

Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual was listed by the American Journal of Cardiology as one of the "Good Books in Cardiovascular Disease in 2010." - American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 107, Issue 8, Pages 1250-1251

PART 1: PACEMAKER SYSTEMS

1 Pacemaker Systems: The Basics of Pulse Generator Design
and Engineering
Hugh Thomas McElderry, John C. Evans, Jeffrey A. Keeney, and Jose Osorio

2 Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead Design
Andrea M. Russo

3 Pacemaker Timing Cycles: Ventricular Based and Atrial Based
Fred Kusumoto

4 Algorithms for Minimizing Right Ventricular Pacing
Michael O. Sweeney

5 Normal Pacemaker Sensing, Abnormal Sensing, and Automatic Sensing
Carsten W. Israel

6 Pacemakers and Atrial Arrhythmias: Detection and Treatment
David S. Kwon and Byron K. Lee

7 Miscellaneous Pacing Algorithms
George H. Crossley and Robert Andrew Pickett

8 Automatic Threshold Measuring Algorithms
Marco V. Perez, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, Mintu P. Turakhia,
Paul J. Wang, and Amin Al-Ahmad

9 Sensor-Driven Pacing
Chu-Pak Lau, Chung-Wah Siu, and Hung Fat Tse

10 Interpretation of Device Diagnostics
Jordan M. Prutkin and Robert W. Rho


PART 2: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS

11 Basic ICD Systems
Jane Chen

12 ICD Lead Design
Gautham Kalahasty and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen

13 Sensing in ICDs
Sergio L. Pinski

14 ICD Therapy—ATP
Karin K. M. Chia, Luigi Di Biase, Paolo Pieragnoli, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Laura Perrotta, Robert Canby, Amin Al-Ahmad, Mark S. Wathen, Andrea Natale, and Luigi Padeletti

15 ICD Therapy—Shock
T. Jared Bunch, Jeffrey S. Osborn, and John D. Day

16 Discrimination Algorithms and Arrhythmia Detection
Irina Suman Horduna and Paul Khairy

17 Pacing with an ICD System: What Are the Issues?
Robert F. Rea

18 Assessing Defibrillation Efficacy at ICD Implant
Charles D. Swerdlow and Paul J. DeGroot


PART 3: BIVENTRICULAR PACING SYSTEMS


19 Basics of Biventricular Pacing Systems: Principles and Timing Cycles
Ravi Ranjan and Joseph E. Marine

20 Programming to Avoid Phrenic Nerve Stimulation during
Left Ventricular Pacing
Paul J. Wang, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, and Mintu P. Turakhia

21 AV and VV Optimization
Jeffrey H. Chung, Robert J. Kim, and Kenneth M. Stein

22 Electromagnetic Interactions from Magnetic Resonance Imaging
in Patients with Implantable Arrhythmia Devices
Saman Nazarian and Henry R. Halperin


Index of Devices by Manufacturer
Index

Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FACC, FHRS, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Kontos Professor of Medicine, Chair of the Division of Cardiology, and Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Department of Internal Medicine , Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia

Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS
Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas; Consulting Professor, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio; Senior Clinical Director, EP Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California; and Director of Interventional EP, Scripps Green, San Diego, California

Paul J. Wang, MD, FACC, FHRS, Professor, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, and Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Stanford University, Stanford, California