BookLucian Muresan, editor.
Summary: This is the first of a three-volume project aimed at providing unique case reports (20 cases per volume) of a large number of supraventricular and ventricular arrhythmias encountered in clinical practice. The book is focused on the treatment of supraventricular arrhythmias, namely focal atrial tachycardias, typical and atypical AVNRT and accessory pathways (both manifest and concealed). All presented-cases were performed using the CARTO electro-anatomical mapping system, which allows the reader to better understand the arrhythmia features due to the high number of images provided. A large number of high-quality figures, which represent the core of the authors work, enrich the contents: all cases are built around suggestive figures acquired during the patients hospitalization, which clearly illustrate important concepts used in catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias. The figures are not only related to the catheter ablation procedure, but also to the patient history, thus helping the reader to place the invasive treatment of the arrhythmias into clinical context: electrocardiograms, Holter ECGs, signal-averaged ECGs, chest X-Rays, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography images, MRI, CT scans, coronary angiography images are provided when considered relevant, in order to better present the patients condition. Short videoclips with activation maps of the atria or the ventricles during the studied arrhythmia complete the information provided. Teaching-oriented, all chapters include questions and answers and key messages at the end of each case. For this reason, it will be an invaluable tool for cardiologists, clinical cardiac electrophysiologists, and interventional cardiac electrophysiologists in training, but also for all those interested in learning more about the subject.
Contents:
Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Authors
Abbreviations
1: Case 1
1.1 Case Presentation
1.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
1.3 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure 2
1.4 Commentary
References
2: Case 2
2.1 Case Presentation
2.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
2.3 Commentary
References
3: Case 3
3.1 Case Presentation
3.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
3.3 Commentary
References
4: Case 4 4.1 Case Presentation
4.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
4.3 Commentary
References
5: Case 5
5.1 Case Presentation
5.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
5.3 Commentary
References
6: Case 6
6.1 Case Presentation
6.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
6.3 Commentary
References
7: Case 7
7.1 Case Presentation
7.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
7.3 Commentary
References
8: Case 8
8.1 Case Presentation 8.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
8.3 Commentary
References
9: Case 9
9.1 Case Presentation
9.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
9.3 Commentary
References
10: Case 10
10.1 Case Presentation
10.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
10.3 Commentary
References
11: Case 11
11.1 Case Presentation
11.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
11.3 Commentary
References
12: Case 12
12.1 Case Presentation 12.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
12.3 Commentary
References
13: Case 13
13.1 Case Presentation
13.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
13.3 Commentary
References
14: Case 14
14.1 Case Presentation
14.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
14.3 Commentary
References
15: Case 15
15.1 Case Presentation
15.2 Electrophysiological Study and Catheter Ablation Procedure
15.3 Commentary
References
16: Case 16
16.1 Case Presentation 16.2 Electrophysiological study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
16.3 Commentary
References
17: Case 17
17.1 Case Presentation
17.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
17.3 Commentary
References
18: Case 18
18.1 Case Presentation
18.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
18.3 Commentary
References
19: Case 19
19.1 Case Presentation
19.2 Electrophysiological Study and RF Catheter Ablation Procedure
19.3 Commentary
References
20: Case 20
20.1 Case Presentation