An Atlas of Radioscopic Catheter Placement for the Electrophysiologist

• Main Authors: Casella, Michela (Author), Russo, Antonio Dello (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Radiology.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Cardiac surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Cardiac Surgery.; Imaging / Radiology.; Internal Medicine.; Emergency Medicine.

The heart is a four-dimensional structure, comprising three spatial dimensions of shape and one temporal dimension of motion. Many technological advances in the field of imaging, such as intracardiac echocardiography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and 3-D electroanatomical image in...

Table of Contents:

• Radiology
• X-Ray Anatomy of the Heart
• Computed Tomography of Anatomy of the Heart
• Electrophysiology
• The Electrophysiologic Study
• Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardias from the Right Atrium
• Approach to the Left Heart Chambers
• Accessory Pathways Ablation
• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
• Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
• Pacing
• Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implantation
• Biventricular Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator
• Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead Extraction
• Endomyocardial Biopsy
• Endomyocardial Biopsy.