The road to successful CRT implantation
Subtitle: a step-by-step approach
By: Daniel Gras, Angel R. León, Westby G. Fisher ; foreword by William T. Abraham.
Contributors: León, Angel R.; Fisher, Westby G.
Publisher: Blackwell Futura
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Subjects: Cardiac Pacing, Artificial -- methods; Cardiac Output, Low -- therapy; Defibrillators, Implantable; Heart Failure -- therapy; Pacemaker, Artificial; Patient Selection
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How does ventricular dyssynchrony alter hemodynamic function?; title: What clinical benefits can we expect from CRT?; title: How to select candidates for CRT; title: Assessment of ventricular dyssynchrony by new echocardiographic analyses; title: What are the mechanisms of improvement during CRT?; title: Clinical situations where CRT is unlikely to be of therapeutic value; title: Preimplantation checklist; title: Right versus left-sided approach to implant the CRT system; title: Right ventricular pacing in CRT; title: How to achieve reliable sensing and pacing of the right atrium; title: Is it safe to pace the left ventricle via a coronary sinus tributary?; title: Why perform a coronary sinus venogram before placement of the left ventricular lead?; title: Optimal LV lead positioning; title: How to manage difficult coronary sinus cannulation; title: How to avoid a dissection of the coronary sinus ostium; title: How to overcome a myocardial bridge over the coronary sinus; title: What to do in the absence of a lateral branch on the venogram; title: How to manage high left ventricular pacing thresholds; title: How to proceed in the presence of a complex coronary sinus anatomy; title: How to manage diminutive target coronary sinus tributaries; title: What to do when valves are in the way; title: How to implant a CRT system in the presence of a left superior vena cava; title: Dilatation of the target cardiac vein by angioplasty techniques; title: Stenting for recurrent dislodgment of the left ventricular lead; title: Assessment of the electrical signal sensed by the left ventricular lead; title: How to avoid stimulating the left phrenic nerve; title: Dye extravasation and venous perforation or dissection; title: How to avoid a cardiac vein dissection by the balloon catheter; title: How to remove the guiding sheath using the slitting technique; title: Radiographic appearance of the final lead position of the CRT system; title: How to implant a CRT device in patients with chronic atrial fibrillation; title: Upgrading DDD pacing to CRT; title: Upgrading a CRT to a CRT-ICD system; title: Repositioning of a dislodged left ventricular lead; title: How to implant a four-chamber CRT system; title: How to implant a biventricular, double-left ventricular lead CRT system; title: Alternatives in left ventricular lead implant failures; title: Left ventricular lead extraction; title: Management of ventricular double counting in CRT; title: Management of non-responders to CRT.