Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Allied Professionals

Cardiac Arrhythmia Management: A Practical Guide for Nurses and Allied Professionals provides a much-needed resource for nurses and other professionals who work directly with patients being treated for cardiac arrhythmias. Comprehensive in scope, the book covers cardiac arrhythmia conditions and the issues surrounding implantable devices from implant surgery to remote monitoring and troubleshooting. Edited by a team of doctors and nurses, the book addresses key patient management issues in a practical way. Fundamentals for understanding the anatomy and physiology of cardiac arrhythmias and the technology behind cardiac devices are covered in preliminary chapters followed by more specific chapters devoted to cardiac conditions and treatments. Both novices and experienced health professionals will find the book useful and easy to use on a day-to-day basis.

Editors:

Angela Tsiperfal, MS, RN, NP, Electrophysiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.

Linda K. Ottoboni, RN, MS, FHRS, CCDS, Arrhythmia Nurse Coordinator, Stanford Hospital and Clinics, Stanford, California.

Salwa Beheiry, RN, CCRN, Director of Electrophysiology Services, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, California.

Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FACC, FHRS, Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory and Associate Director, Arrhythmia Service, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California.

Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, St. David's Medical Center, Austin, Texas.

Paul J. Wang, MD, FACC, FHRS, Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac Arrhythmia Service and Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California.