Difficult Decisions in Clinical Electrophysiology: A Case Based Approach, an Issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics

by Strickberger, Adam

• ISBN13: 9781455745647
• ISBN10: 1455745642
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-01
• Publisher: SAUNDERS W B CO

Summary

This issue consists of 17 case studies, each involving a difficult decision that has to be made in the catheterization laboratory. Reading about the cases and seeing the ECGs will help cardiac electrophysiologists sharpen their clinical skills. The cases are also useful reading for those studying for board certification.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Beyond the Shore of Ignorance	p. xiii
Preface: Difficult Decisions in Clinical Electrophysiology-A Case-Based Approach	p. xv
The Role of Anticoagulation in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation and a CHADS2 Score of 1	p. 107
An Approach to Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the Elderly	p. 119
The Management of Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with Unrepaired Atrial Septal Defect	p. 127
Defibrillation Threshold Testing: Who Doesn't Get It?	p. 135
A Patient with a 40% Ejection Fraction Undergoes Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Rates. What Type of Device Should He Receive?	p. 143
A Patient Presents with Longstanding, Severe LV Dysfunction. Is There a Role for Additional Risk Stratification Before ICD?	p. 151
Should a Patient with Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction, Congestive Heart Failure, and Right Bundle Branch Block QRS Receive Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy?	p. 161
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy With and Without Defibrillator in a Commercial Truck Driver with Ischemic Cardiomyopathy and New York Heart Association Class III Heart Failure	p. 169
Preventing Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shocks Improves Survival	p. 181
The Role of Preventive Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in the Patient with Coronary Artery Disease, Reduced Left Ventricular Function, and a New Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implant	p. 189
Extraction of Sterile Leads: Is it Beneficial?	p. 199
How Should Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Lead Failures be Managed and What is the Role of Lead Extraction?	p. 209
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Dilemmas with Arrhythmic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	p. 221
The Evaluation of a Borderline Long QT Interval in an Asymptomatic Patient	p. 227
Evaluation of a Patient with a Positive Family History for Long QT Syndrome	p. 239
Atrial Fibrillation and Brugada Syndrome	p. 249
The Management of Vasovagal Syncope in a Patient with Brugada Syndrome	p. 259
Index	p. 267
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.