Bookedited by Riccardo Proietti, Yan Wang, Yan Yao, Guo Qiang Zhong, Shu Lin Wu, Félix Ayala-Paredes.
Summary: This book reflects how the concern regarding the effects of radiation exposure in patients and health personnel involved in cardiac electrophysiology (EP) has inspired new developments in cardiac electrophysiology procedures without the use of fluoroscopy. This innovative method has become a subspecialty within electrophysioloy with several EP laboratories around the world adopting an exclusive non-fluoroscopy approach. It features guidance on how to use three dimensional (3D) navigation systems, ablation energy sources and zero-fluorospic implantation of cardiac electronic devices. The potential complications and associated preventative methods with utilising RFCA are also described. Cardiac Electrophysiology Without Fluoroscopy offers a thorough description of the technique correlated to the performance of EP procedure without the use of radiation, and provides a valuable resource for those seeking a practically applicable guide on how to perform cardiac EP without fluoroscopy, including practising and trainee electrophysiologists, cardiac imagers, general cardiologists and emergency medicine physicians.
Contents:
Clinical Studies of a purely 3D Navigation in Interventional Managements of Tachyarrhythmia
Radiation exposure and safety for the electrophysiologist
Ablation Energy Sources-Principles and Utility in Ablation without Fluoroscopy
3D mapping and reduction in radiation exposure
Catheter Placement and Model reconstruction
Learning curve for zero-fluoroscopic procedure
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) with zero-fluoroscopic procedure
AV Nodal re-entrant tachycardia ablation without fluoroscopy
Non-Fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways
Focal atrial tachycardia
Ablation of atrial flutter with zero fluoroscopy approach
Non-Fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Non-Fluoroscopic Catheter Ablation of Idiopathic Ventricular Arrhythmias
Ventricular Tachycardia with Structural Heart Disease
Reduction on radiation exposure in pediatric population undergoing ablation procedures
Complications of RFCA and Prevention Method
Safety of zero-fluroscopic procedure during pregnancy
Cost optimization when using 3-D mapping systems for a non fluoro EP lab
Zero-fluoroscopic implantation of cardiac electronic Device
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) guided by 3D mapping system
Transesophageal Electrophysiological Study without fluoroscopy.