Synopsis
The field's foremost authorities offer guidance on the use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and pacemakers for the management of congestive heart failure. They explain how these devices work; examine the patient-and device-selection process; review implant techniques, and outline aftercare. This concise resource makes this complex subject easy to understand.
- Discusses patient selection as well as aftercare.
- Features practice guidelines and techniques for implanting all new devices.
- Offers an outstanding review of cardiovascular anatomy.
- Provides an overview on the prognosis for congestive heart failure, and clinical rationales for the selection of device therapy.
- Reviews the results of clinical trials.
About the Author
Kenneth A Ellenbogen, MD, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Section, Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University and McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Richmond, VA; Bruce L Wilkoff, MD, Director, Cardiac Pacing and Tachyarrhythmias Devices, Department of Cardiology, Director, Cardiovascular Computing Services, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; G. Neal Kay, MD, Director, Clinical Electrophysiology Section, Division of Cardiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL; and Chu Pak Lau, MD, FRCPLond and Edin; FRACP; FHKCP; FHKAM (Medicine) , Professor of Medicine, Chief of Division of Cardiology, Queen Mary's Hospital; University of Hong Kong
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