Cardiac Devices: A Hands-on Guide to Procedures and Programming

EP clinicians are seeing an increasing number of patients who require a pacemaker or other device to correct a rhythmic abnormality. At the same time, devices are becoming both more effective and more sophisticated. Those new to the use of today’s devices often find them extremely challenging to program; there are many potential pitfalls along the way as well as complications that can arise and which require a swift and precise response. Adding to these challenges, much of the information that less-experienced EP clinicians require in order to master the implementation and management of devices must be gathered from textbooks of cobbled together from journal articles.  

This new book, edited by a team of leading clinician-educators, distils device best-practices into a single volume that focuses on essential tasks, common pitfalls and likely complications. Each chapter is written using a practical, hands-on, how-to-do-it approach that will help readers quickly master even the most challenging device-related tasks, such as programming hybrid pacing/defibrillation devices, and respond confidently when complications arise. Hands-on Devices: an Expert Guide features 300 images, including ECGs, X-ray and fluoroscopy, images from device interrogation, color electroanatomical maps, and more. In addition, an enhanced eBook version is available, featuring video of key tasks and procedures described in the text.