Cardiotext Publishing	Shopping Cart | My Account | Help | Contact Us

Keywords Title Author Start of title ISBN Contents

Just In! Coming Soon Cardiac Imaging Cardiac Nursing Cardiac Surgery Cardiology (Assorted) Echo (Clinical) ECG Electrophysiology Fellows Heart Rhythm Society Interventional IBHRE (NASPExAM®) Prep Pacing & ICDs Cardiology - Clearance Browse All Subjects Cardiology (Assorted) Arrhythmia Cardiac Surgery Cardiovascular Diseases ECG Electrophysiology Heart Failure Interventional Pacing & ICDs Pediatric Vascular Diseases Just In! Coming Soon Computed Tomography Diagnostic Imaging (Assorted) Echo Tech MRI Test Prep (Self-assessment) Ultrasound Imaging - Clearance Browse All Subjects Diagnostic Imaging (Assorted) Computed Tomography Doppler Echocardiography Imaging - Test Prep MRI Nuclear Physics TEE Ultrasound Great Gift Idea! Give the gift of Cardiotext Sign up for free e-mail news about new titles and sales.	Product Detail Nonpharmacological Management of Atrial Fibrillation Francis Murgatroyd Retail Price: $120.00 Cardiotext Price: $117.60 Note: Out of print. Used copies may be available - Availability: Processing time varies. Price is tentative. Alert me when this product is available Availability Questions? Product Information: ISBN-13: 9780879936655 ISBN-10: 0879936657 Publisher: FUTURA PUBLISHING CO Format: Hardcover, 536 pages Pub Date: 01/1997 Edition Number: 1 Shipping Calculator Request a Quote for 10+ Copies Tell A Friend Synopsis Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, U.K. Text on the current status of a wide range of nonpharmacological techniques for managing arrhythmia. For practitioners. 81 contributors, 42 U.S. DNLM: Atrial Fibrillation--therapy. See These Other Titles Of Interest Rapid Interpretation of EKGs: Dubin's Classic, Simplified Methodology for Understanding EKG by Dale Dubin ABC of Heart Failure by C. R. Gibbs Chest X-Ray Made Easy by Jonathan Corne Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators: A Multi-Volume Workbook, Volume 4: ICDs and Pacemakers by David L. Hayes Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators: A Workbook in 3 Volumes, Volume 1: Cardiac Pacing: A Case Approach by David L. Hayes Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Defibrillators: A Workbook in 3 Volumes, Volume 2: Implantable Defibrillators: A Case Approach by Paul J. Wang Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology by Francis D. Murgatroyd Customer Reviews Be the first to review this product Browse Titles In Related Subjects Cardiology (General) Atrial Fibrillation Additional Description TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributors iii Preface ix Part I. Atrial Fibrillation: The Clinical Problem 1. Why Is Atrial Fibrillation Bad for You? Consequences of Atrial Fibrillation 3 Harry J.G.M. Crijns, Isabelle C. Van Gelder, Robert G. Tieleman, A.T. Marcel Gosselink, Maarten Van den Berg 2. Who Wants To Be Treated For Atrial Fibrillation? Relationship of Clinical Variables to Symptoms 15 Charles R. Kerr 3. Evaluation of Quality of Life in Atrial Fibrillation 23 Paul Dorian, Miney Paquette, David Newman Part II. Controlling the Ventricular Rate: The Basics 4. The Anatomy of the Atrioventricular Conduction Axis in Relation to Its Function 29 Robert H. Anderson, Siew Yen Ho 5. Atrioventricular Nodal Function in Atrial Fibrillation: What Is the Optimum Ventricular Rate? 55 S. Bertil Olsson, Jonas Carlson, Magnus Holm, Ann-Marie Nilsson 6. Drugs and the Ventricular Rate in Atrial Fibrillation: Efficacy Limitations, and Risks 65 Hein J.J. Wellens Part III. Controlling the Ventricular Rate Without Drugs 7. Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: Do Patients Feel Better? 75 Adam P. Fitzpatrick 8. Atrioventricular Nodal Modification for Atrial Fibrillation: What Does it Really Do? 87 Panagiotis Th. Panotopoulos, Calambur Narasimhan, Zalmen Blanck, Mohammad R. Jazayeri, Masood Akhtar 9. Pacemaker Selection after Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation 103 David L. Hayes 10. Ventricular Pacing for Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation 117 Chu-Pak Lau 11. Current Trials in the Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Atrial Pacing Trial and Investigation of Rhythm Management Trial 133 D. George Wyse Part IV. The Electrophysiological Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation 12. Animal Models of Atrial Fibrillation 141 Albert L. Waldo 13. Determinants of Susceptibility to Atrial Fibrillation 157 Michel J. Janse 14. Electrophsiology of Atrial Fibrillation: Lessons from Patients in Sinus Rhythm 173 Panos Papageoriou, Peter Zimetbaum, Kevin Monahan, Charles Kirchhof, Mark E. Josephson 15. Lessons from Mapping Atrial Fibrillation in Humans: Implications for Ablation 185 Gregory W. Botteron, Michael E. Cain Part V. Intervention on the Atrial Fibrillation Substrate 16. Atrial Fbrillation Surgery Now: The Cardiologist's Perspective 203 Brett M. Baker, Joseph M. Smith 17. Atrial Fibrillation in the Future: The Surgeon's Perspective 215 Gerard M. Guiraudon, Colette M. Guiraudon, George J. Klein, Raymond Yee 18. Catheter Ablation as a Curative Approach to the Substrate of Atrial Fibrillation 239 Francis D. Murgatroyd, David E. Haines, John F. Swartz 19. Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation in Humans: Elaboration or a Procedure Based on Electrophysiological Data 257 Michel Haissaguerre, Pierre Jais, Dipen C. Shah, Jacques Clementy Part VI. Preventing the Initiation of Atrial Fibrillation 20. How Might Pacing Prevent Atrial Fibrillation? 283 Rahul Mehra 21. Detection of Atrial Fibrillation by Pacemakers and Antiarrhythmic Devices 309 Steven Swiryn, Adam T. Schoenwald, Alan V. Sahakian 22. What Can Pacemakers Tell Us about Atrial Fibrillation? 319 Philippe Ritter, Stephane Garrigue, Serge Cazeau, Arnaud Lazarus, Daniel Gras, Jacques Mugica 23. Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation with Single and Multisite Atrial Pacing 339 Sanjev Saksena, Atul Prakash, Ryszard B. Krol, Anand N Munsif, Irakli Giorgberidze, Philip Mathew, Rai R. Kaushik Part VII. Termination of Atrial Fibrillation: The Basics 24. Insights into the Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation: Role of the Multidimensional Atrial Structure 357 Jose Jalife, Richard A. Gray 25. Drug Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation 379 Ronald W.F. Campbell 26. Cardioversion and the Risk of Thromboembolism: is Cardioversion Thrombogenic? 389 Richard A. Grimm Part VIII. Termination of Atrial Fibrillation Without Drugs 27. Can Pacemakers Terminate Atrial Fibrillation? 409 Marten Rosenqvist 28. Low-Energy Atrial Defibrillation: Experimental Background 417 David Keane, Jeremy Ruskin 29. Implantable Dual Chamber Defibrillators for Atrial Defibrillation 439 Rasmakota K. Reddy, Gust H. Bardy 30. Clinical Experience with Low-Energy Atrial Defibrillation 449 Frances D. Murgatroyd 31. How Can Atrial Defibrillation Be Made More Tolerable? 475 Gregory M. Ayers 32. How Can Atrial Defibrillation Be Made Safe? 489 John Adams, Harley White, Jerry C. Griffin 33. Who Needs an Atrial Defibrillator? 499 Samuel Levy, Philippe Ricard 34. Antiarrhythmic Trial Design in Atrial Fibrillation 507 Jeffrey L. Anderson Index 527 CONTRIBUTORS John Adams, B.S.E.E. InControl, Inc., Redmond, WA, USA Masood Akhtar, M.D. EP Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI, USA Jeffrey L. Anderson, M.D. Cardio Renal Advisory Committee, USA Food and Drug Administration and Division of Cardiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA Robert H. Anderson, M.D. Department of Paediatrics, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom Gregory M. Ayers, M.D., Ph.D. InControl, Inc., Redmond, WA, USA Brett M. Baker, M.D. Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA Gust H. Bardy, M.D. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Zalmen Blanck, M.D. EP Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI, USA Gregory W. Botteron, M.D. Clinical Electrophysiology Laboratory, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA Michael E. Cain, M.D. Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA A. John Camm, M.D. Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, United Kingdom Ronald W.F. Campbell, M.D. Department of Academic Cardiology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Jonas Carlson, M.Sc. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Serge Cazeau, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint-Cloud, France Jacques Clementy, M.D. Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France Harry J.G.M. Crijns, M.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands Paul Dorian, M.D. Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Adam P. Fitzpatrick, M.D., M.R.C.P Manchester Heart Centre, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom Stephane Garrigue, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Bordeaux, France Irakli Giorgberidze, M.D. Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA A.T. Marcel Gosselink, M.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands Daniel Gras, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint-Cloud, and Centre Hospitalier Regional de Rennes, France Richard A. Gray, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse, Syracuse, NY, USA Jerry C. Griffin, M.D. InControl, Inc., Redmond, WA, USA Richard A. Grimm, D.O. Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Department of Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA Colette M. Guiraudon, M.D. Department of Pathology, London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Gerard M. Guiraudon, M.D. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Millard Fillmore Hospital, Buffalo, NY, USA David E. Haines, M.D. Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA Michel Haissaguerre, M.D. Universite de Bordeaux, Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France David L. Hayes, M.D. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA Siew Yen Ho, Ph.D. Department of Paediatrics, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK Magnus Holm, M.Sc. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Pierre Jais, M.D. Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France Jose Jalife, M.D. Department of Pharmacology, SUNY Health Science Center, Syracuse, NY, USA Michiel J. Janse, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Clinical and Experimental Cardiology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Mohammad R. Jazayeri, M.D. EP Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI, USA Mark E. Josephson, M.D. Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Raur Kaushik, M.D. Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA David Keane, M.R.C.P.I., Ph.D. Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Charles R. Kerr, M.D. Division of Cardiology, St Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Charles Kirchhof, M.D., Ph.D. Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA George J. Klein, M.D. Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Ryszard B. Krol, M.D. Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA Chu-Pak Lau, M.D. Division of Cardiology, University of Hong Kong at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong Arnaud Lazarus, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint-Cloud, France Samuel Levy, M.D. Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire, Marseille, France Philip Mathew, M.S. Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA Rahul Mehra, Ph.D. Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA Kevin Monahan, M.D. Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Jacques Mugica, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint-Cloud, France Anand N. Munsif, M.D. Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA Francis D. Murgatroyd, MRCP Department of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom Calambur Narasimhan, M.D. EP Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI, USA David Newman, M.D. Department of Medicine, St Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Ann-Marie Nilsson, M.Sc. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden S. Bertil Olsson, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden Panagiotis T. Panotopoulos, M.D. EP Laboratory, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI, USA Panos Papageorgiou, M.D., Ph.D. Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA Miney Paquette, M.Sc. Department of Medicine. St Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Atul Prakash, M.D., MRCP Arrhythmia and Pacing Service, Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA Rasmakota Reddy, M.D. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA Philippe Ricard, M.D. Service de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Regional et Universitaire, Marseille, France Philippe Ritter, M.D. Departement de Stimulation Cardiaque, Centre Chirurgical Val d'Or, Saint-Cloud, France Marten Rosenqvist, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Cardiology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Jeremy Ruskin, M.D. Cardiac Arrhythmia Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Alan V. Sahakian, Ph.D. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Sanjeev Saksena, M.D. Arrhythmia and Pacemaker Service, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Children's Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, and Eastern Heart Institute, Passaic, NJ, USA Adam T. Schoenwald, M.S. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA Dipen C. Shah, M.D. Hopital Cardiologique du Haut-Leveque, Bordeaux-Pessac, France Joseph M. Smith, M.D., Ph.D. Cardiovascular Division, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA John F. Swartz, M.D. Cardiac Arrhythmia Consultants, P.C. and, Department of Medicine, St Francis Hospital, Tulsa, OK, USA Steven Swiryn, M.D. Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School and Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL, USA Robert G. Tieleman, M.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands Maarten P. Van den Berg, M.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands Isabelle C. Van Gelder, M.D. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands Albert L. Waldo, M.D. Division of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA Hein Wellens, M.D. Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital, Maastricht, The Netherlands Hardy White, M.S.E.E. InControl, Inc., Redmond, WA, USA D. George Wyse, M.D., Ph.D. Division of Cardiology, University of Calgary/Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Raymond Yee, M.D. Department of Medicine, London Health Sciences Center, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada Peter Zimetbaum, M.D. Arrhythmia Service, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
© Copyright 1998-2008 OrderPoint, Inc. All rights reserved	About us  |  Payment Options  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy & Security  |  Terms & Conditions