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Cardiac Arrhythmia Management
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 530

Cardiac Arrhythmia Management

Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Allied Professionals provides a much-needed resource for nurses and other professionals who work directly with patients being treated for cardiac arrhythmias. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers cardiac arrhythmia conditions and the issues surrounding implantable devices from implant surgery to remote monitoring and troubleshooting. Edited by a team of doctors and nurses, the book addresses key patient management issues in a practical way. Fundamentals for understanding the anatomy and physiology of cardiac arrhythmias and the technology behind cardiac devices are covered in preliminary chapters followed by more specific chapters devoted to cardiac conditions and treatments. Both novices and experienced health professionals will find the book useful and easy to use on a day-to-day basis.

Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 464

Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems

What the practicing cardiologist really needs is a text that emphasizes unbiased, up to date information and that places this information into an appropriate context. The third edition of Management of Complex Cardiovascular Problems: The Evidence-based Medicine Approach, carefully edited by Dr Thach N. Nguyen and his co-Editors, does precisely this”. From the Foreword by Eugene Braunwald, MD, Distinguished Hersey Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Patients with complex cardiovascular problems pose a special management challenge for both the specialist and the non-specialist. To make the best treatment decisions and avoid potential problems, you need to stay on top of ever-chan...

Advanced Endovascular Therapy of Aortic Disease
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 240

Advanced Endovascular Therapy of Aortic Disease

At last, years of clinical experience and the latest clinical evidence comes together in one comprehensive collection by world-renown experts at the Baylor College of Medicine. A complete and focused examination of all aspects of endovascular therapy of aortic disease, Advanced Endovascular Therapy provides you with all of the information you need on: Natural history and preoperative planning Thoracic aortic aneurysm Aortic dissection and traumatic aortic injury Techniques, new devices, and surveillance With 26 chapters skilfully organized into four main sections, this book helps you obtain the best results when using endovascular treatments for patients with aortic disease. Keep Advanced Endovascular Therapy close at hand for frequent reference.

Vascular Surgery
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 648

Vascular Surgery

This second edition of a very successful vascular surgery text wasdeveloped in order to address significant changes that haveoccurred in contemporary vascular surgery and to highlight newinformation that has developed regarding vascular imaging,interventional and endovascular procedures. The overall length ofthe text is slightly shorter than the first edition with relevantcore chapters being retained to emphasize the basic science natureof the text, with approximately 60% of the material undergoingmajor revisions or being new chapters. The significant change from the first text is an emphasis onvascular pathology and physiology that is relevant to currentpractice including information that i...

ECG in the Child and Adolescent
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 104

ECG in the Child and Adolescent

Compiled from electrocardiographic data on more than 1,800 normalnewborns, infants, children, and adolescents, this convenientreference gives you fast access to the limits of normality so thatdata from an individual patient can be quickly interpreted in termsof comparison to the general population. ECGs in the Child and Adolescent presents, by age: Heart Rate, P-QRS-T interval and duration Frontal plane P-QRS-T axis P-QRS-T amplitude Calculated values on RS amplitude and ventricular activationtime Save time and effort by keeping this authoritative guide closeat hand.

Simplified Interpretation of ICD Electrograms
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 272

Simplified Interpretation of ICD Electrograms

Written as a companion text to Dr Hesselson's first book aboutpacing, Simplified Interpretation of ICD Electrograms focuses onteaching an understanding of the electrogram (EGM) signal fortroubleshooting ICD rhythms. The book includes an in depth reviewof the general function of an ICD (defilbrillation electronics,arrthythmia detection/therapy), as well as an extended summary ofthe commonly encountered arrthythmia in an EGM and ECG format.Throughout the book, Dr Hesselson emphasizes that the key fortroubleshooting these devices lies in the ability to make thetransition from surfaceECG to EGM interpretation. Also included isan extensive chapter on biventricular pacing, particularly as itrelate...

Heart Failure
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

Heart Failure

Now there is an up-to-date guide for optimizing pharmacologic therapy in treating patients with heart failure. Reflecting current practice at leading medical centers, Heart Failure: Pharmacologic Management provides both the biologic and pathologic underpinnings of each pharmacologic agent in current use. It also supplies detailed discussions of the clinical investigations that support current understanding of the risks and benefits associated with the use of these drugs. Thorough references make the book useful to the novice as well as the experienced clinician. Initial chapters focus on agents that are considered standard care: diuretics ACE inhibitors angiotensin receptor antagonists aldo...

Cardiovascular Development and Congenital Malformations
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 320

Cardiovascular Development and Congenital Malformations

Congenital cardiovascular malformations are the single most common form of birth defect. Therefore a better understanding of the mechanisms involved in both normal cardiac development and the formation of cardiovascular structural defects is of tremendous importance. This book brings together the leading scientists from around the world who are actively engaged in studies of the etiology, morphogenesis and physiology of congenital cardiovascular diseases. A broad variety of approaches, techniques, experimental models and studies of human genetics combine to make this a truly outstanding and unique treatise on this pressing topic. Cardiovascular Development and Congenital Malformations is divided into distinct categories, each focusing on a particular aspect of cardiovascular development. Sections are accompanied by editorial overviews which integrate new findings and place the information into a broader context.

The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 176

The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing

There are millions of pacemaker patients in the world and this number is increasing. It is not unusual for these patients to be cared for by clinicians with no formal training in cardiac rhythm management devices. While there are many excellent pacing and defibrillation books, they are nearly all written by physicians for physicians. The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing is written specifically for non-cardiologists in a lively, intelligent and easy to follow style. It emphasizes real-life clinical practice and practical tips, including illustrations from actual clinical settings. Each chapter concludes with a checklist of key points from each subject (“Nuts and Bolts”). Building layer by layer on the fundamental principles and concluding with advanced concepts, The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing is intended for a novice to appreciate overall concepts and for a seasoned veteran to turn to answer a specific question. This book offers practical, reliable and objective information on cardiac devices – it’s easy to pick up, find what you need, and put down.

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 360

Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death

Ventricular arrhythmias and sudden death are responsible forhundreds of thousands of deaths each year throughout the world.Covering the most recent developments in this field, this leadingtext serves as a guide to this area of increasing clinicalimportance, addressing a wide range of topics, including: basic mechanisms of ventricular tachycardia and ventricularfibrillation clinical syndromes and etiologies epidemiology and risk stratification pharmacologic therapy ablation and surgery implantable defibrillators Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death providesthe information that cardiologists, cardiac electrophysiologists,cardiac electrophysiology fellows, scientists, industry, andassociated professionals need to know about current and evolvingVentricular Tachyarrhythmia treatment and diagnosis. As the mostcomprehensive book on this topic, it will serve as the text thatthis readership will turn to first.