Fundamentals of Cardiac Pacing
Anne B. Curtis
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ISBN-13: 9780763756307
ISBN-10: 076375630X
Publisher: JONES & BARTLETT PUBLISHERS
Format: Paperback, 245 pages
Pub Date: 03/2009
Edition Number: 1
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Description
Fundamentals of Cardiac Pacing is an introductory guide to cardiac pacing, and covers the key topics that residents, fellows, nurses, and other clinical personnel must be familiar with in order to care for the growing number of patients with cardiac pacemakers. This concise and clearly written handbook covers all dimensions of cardiac pacing including indications, technology, implantation techniques, programming, diagnostics, and follow-up as well as evidence-based guidelines for pacemaker implantation, avoidance of complications, and patient preparedness. This is a straightforward, complete and essential guide to the long-term care of patients with cardiac pacemakers, and is the perfect resource for any health care professional!
About the author:
Anne B. Curtis, MD, FACC, FAHA - Chief, Division of Cardiology, Director and CEO, Cardiovascular Services University of South Florida
Dr. Anne Curtis is Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Cardiology, and Director of Cardiovascular Services at the University of South Florida in Tampa, FL. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She completed her medical residency at Presbyterian Hospital in New York and her fellowships in cardiovascular disease and clinical cardiac electrophysiology at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. She was on the faculty at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL for 19 years as Director of Electrophysiology until she moved to Tampa in 2005 to her current position. She is a Past President of the Heart Rhythm Society. |
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Additional DescriptionChapter Acronym Key
Chapter Preface
Chapter List of Contributors
Chapter 1 A Brief History of Cardiac Pacing
Chapter 2 The Cardiac Conduction System
Chapter 3 Indications for Pacing
Chapter 4 Leads
Chapter 5 Pacemaker Generator
Chapter 6 Implantation Techniques
Chapter 7 Basic Programming
Chapter 8 Rate-Responsive Pacing
Chapter 9 Advanced Programming
Chapter 10 Diagnostics
Chapter 11 Follow-Up
Chapter 12 Pacemaker Troubleshooting
Chapter 13 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Chapter 14 Complications and Lead Extraction
Chapter Index
