Implantable cardiac pacemakers and defibrillators
Subtitle: all you wanted to know
By: edited by Anthony W.C. Chow and Alfred E. Buxton.
Contributors: Chow, Anthony W. C.; Buxton, Alfred E.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780727915665
Subjects: Cardiac pacing.; Electric countershock.; Cardiac Pacing, Artificial.; Defibrillators, Implantable.; Pacemaker, Artificial.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Basic principles of pacing / Malcolm Kirk; title: Temporary cardiac pacing / Oliver R. Segal ... [et al.]; title: Pacemaker implantation and indications / Aneesh V. Tolat and Peter J. Zimetbaum; title: The ICD and how it works / Henry F. Clemo and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen; title: Indications for the implanted cardioverter/defibrillator / Alfred E. Buxton; title: Follow-up: complications, troubleshooting, and emergencies related to implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) / Kristin E. Ellison; title: Pacing therapies for heart failure / Rebecca Lane, Martin R. Cowie and Anthony W.C. Chow; title: Pacing in special cases: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease / Martin Lowe and Fiona Walker; title: Lead problems, device infections and lead extraction / Richard Schilling and Simon Sporton.