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Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias, Second Edition
Editors: Shoei K., Stephen Huang, and Mark A. Wood
Pages: 650 Hard Cover with Expert Consult online content
ISBN 13: 978-1-4377-1368-8
Saunders/ Elsevier 2011
List Price: $179

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Organization of information: 4

Usefulness of book: 4

Suitable for intended audience: 4

Author’s objectives met: 4

Significant number of illustrations: 4

Quality of illustrations: 4

Publisher Description:

The 2^nd edition of Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias, written by Shoei K. Stephen Huang, MD and Mark A. Wood, MD, provides you with the most comprehensive and detailed coverage of the latest ablation techniques, from direct-current to radiofrequency to cryoenergy. It offers the latest information on anatomy, diagnostic criteria, differential diagnosis, mapping, and the use of echocardiography to assist in accurate diagnosis and management of cardiac arrhythmias. Authored by two of the world's leading experts in catheter ablation, this text includes a unique section on troubleshooting difficult cases, and its use of tables, full-color illustrations, and high-quality figures is unmatched among publications in the field. Easy access to the complete contents, illustrations, and video library can now be found online at expertconsult.com.

Key Features:

Get the most comprehensive and detailed coverage of arrhythmias and ablation technologies, highlighted by a systematic approach to troubleshooting specific problems encountered in the laboratory - complete with solutions.
Find the critical answers you need quickly and easily thanks to a consistent, highly user-friendly chapter format.
Master each approach with exceptional visual guidance from tables, illustrations, high-quality figures, and video clips unmatched among publications in the field

Review basic concepts and build clinical knowledge using extensive tables that present specific ''hard-to-remember'' numerical information used in diagnosis, and mapping to summarize key information in each chapter.

What's New in this Edition?:

Improve accuracy with assistance from advanced catheter mapping and navigation systems and use of intracardiac echocardiography to assist accurate diagnosis and ablation.
Keep pace with an updated and expanded section on atrial fibrillation.
Stay current on timely topics like contemporary cardiac mapping and imaging techniques, atrial tachycardia and flutter, atrial fibrillation, atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, tachycardias related to accessory atrioventricular connections, and ventricular tachycardia, transseptal catheterization, ablation for pediatric patients, and patient safety and complications.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Fundamental Concepts of Transcatheter Energy Applications

Chapter 1. Biophysics of Radiofrequency Lesion Formation
Chapter 2. Guiding Lesion Formation during Radiofrequency Energy Catheter Ablation
Chapter 3. Irrigated and Cooled-Tip Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation
Chapter 4. Catheter Cryoablation: Biophysics and Applications
Chapter 5. Catheter Microwave, Laser, and Ultrasound: Biophysics and Applications

Part 2: Cardiac Mapping and Imaging

Chapter 6. Cardiac Anatomy for Catheter Mapping and Ablation of Arrhythmias
Chapter 7. Fundamentals of Intracardiac Mapping
Chapter 8. Advanced Catheter Three-Dimensional Mapping Systems
Chapter 9. Remote Catheter Navigation Systems
Chapter 10. Role of Intracardiac Echocardiography in Clinical Electrophysiology

Part 3: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardias and Flutter

Chapter 11. Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycardias
Chapter 12. Ablation of Cavotricuspid Isthmus-Dependent Atrial Flutters
Chapter 13. Ablation of Non-Isthmus-Dependent Flutters and Atrial Macro-Reentry
Chapter 14. Ablation of Postoperative Atrial Tachycardia in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Part 4: Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Chapter 15. Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation
Chapter 16. Catheter Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Originating from the Non-Pulmonary Venous Foci
Chapter 17. Substrate-Based Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Chapter 18. Stepwise Approach for Ablation of Persistent Atrial Fibrillation

Part 5: Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia and the Atrioventricular Junction
Chapter 19. Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia and Variants
Chapter 20. Atrioventricular Junction Ablation and Modification for Heart Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation

Part 6: Catheter Ablation of Accessory Atrioventricular Connections
Chapter 21. Ablation of Free Wall Accessory Pathways
Chapter 22. Ablation of Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways
Chapter 23. Catheter Ablation of Superoparaseptal ("Anteroseptal") and Mid-Septal Accessory Pathways
Chapter 24. Ablation of Atriofascicular "Mahaim Fiber" Accessory Pathways and Variants
Chapter 25. Special Problems in Ablation of Accessory Pathways

Part 7. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia
Chapter 26. Ablation of Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardias
Chapter 27. Ablation of Idiopathic Left Ventricular and Fascicular Tachycardias
Chapter 28. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 29. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathies
Chapter 30. Ablation of Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation
Chapter 31. Epicardial Approach to Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia
Chapter 32. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia with Congenital Heart Disease

Part 8: Miscellaneous Topics

Chapter 33. Complications Associated with Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias
Chapter 34. Transseptal Catheterization
Chapter 35. Special Considerations for Ablation in Pediatric Patients

Index.