Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

by Editor: Cheuk-Man Yu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong); Editor: David L. Hayes (Mayo Clinic and Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester); Editor: Angelo Auricchio (Fondazione Cardiocentro Ticino, Lugano)

• ISBN13: 9781405142823
• ISBN10: 1405142820
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

In recent decades, the prevalence of heart failure has steadily increased and can be considered a 'contemporary cardiovascular epidemic'. Therefore, treatment of heart failure is a primary focus of cardiovascular disease management strategies. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy provides basic knowledge about congestive heart failure but also covers the evolution of cardiac resynchronization therapy and provides state-of-the-art information and future directions of this therapeutic tool. As CRT is a new therapy which still undergoes rapid advancement, it is imperative to provide updates in key issues. These include technological advances, the unique role of imaging to assess mechanical dyssynchrony, troubleshooting, recent key clinical trials, and the incorporation of monitoring capabilities into CRT or CRT plus defibrillation devices. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy is an essential addition to your collection.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
Foreword	ix
Section 1 Heart failure epidemiology and standard therapies
The epidemiology of heart failure	3	(10)
Maren E. Jeffery
Mariell Jessup
Comprehensive pharmacologic management strategies for heart failure	13	(22)
Garrie J. Haas
William T. Abraham
Section 2 Assessment of electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony
Electrical activation sequence	35	(20)
Cecilia Fantoni
Angelo Auricchio
Myocardial mechano-energetics	55	(21)
Tammo Delhaas
Frits W. Prinzen
Conventional echocardiography	76	(13)
Ole-A. Breithardt
Newer echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapy	89	(40)
Cheuk-Man Yu
Qing Zhang
Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung
Value of non-echocardiographic imaging techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy	129	(12)
Jeroen J. Bax
Gabe B. Bleeker
Martin J. Schalij
Section 3 Pulse generators
Device-specific features in cardiac resynchronization therapy	141	(11)
Martin J. Schalij
Lieselot van Erven
Gabe B. Bleeker
Jeroen J. Bax
Programming and diagnostic features of cardiac resynchronization therapy devices	152	(23)
Osnat Gurevitz
David Luria
Michael Glikson
Section 4 Implantation
Implantation techniques for cardiac resynchronization therapy	175	(36)
Michael O. Sweeney
Anatomy of the coronary sinus	211	(16)
Samuel J. Asirvatham
Surgical approaches to epicardial left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacing	227	(12)
Joseph J. DeRose, Jr
Jonathan S. Steinberg
Section 5 Clinical trials -- an overview
Clinical trials -- an overview	239	(20)
David L. Hayes
William T. Abraham
Section 6 Follow-up
Troubleshooting	259	(32)
Christophe Leclercq
Philippe Mabo
J. Claude Daubert
Device-based monitoring of heart failure by intrathoracic impedance	291	(12)
Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung
Cheuk-Man Yu
Continuous heart rate variability from a cardiac resynchronization device -- prognostic value and clinical application	303	(7)
Philip B. Adamson
Optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: the role of echocardiography in atrioventricular, interventricular and intraventricular delay optimization	310	(19)
Stephane Garrigue
Index	329