DESCRIPTION:
A comprehensive and state-of-the-art reference on percutaneous epicardial interventions for clinical cardiac electrophysiologists.
"In Percutaneous Epicardial Interventions, Drs. d""Avila, Aryana, Reddy, and Marchlinski, bring together experts from around the world to summarize the knowledge gained and state of the art. These chapters are valuable, not only to practitioners who work in the pericardial space but also provides important anatomic, physiologic, and pathophysiologic insights valuable to all students of cardiac electrophysiology."
- William G. Stevenson, MD, from the Preface
"In this breakthrough textbook edited and written by the inventors and experts, the reader will appreciate the historical evolution, pertinent technical aspects and relevant anatomy, and review the growing knowledge base of epicardial substrate characteristics implicated in human VT. This is the first authoritative compilation dedicated to epicardial interventions and is a must-read for all students of cardiac anatomy, complex ablation, and interventional cardiology."
Roderick Tung, MD, from the Foreword
CONTENTS:
SECTION 1. Historical Perspective
Chapter 1. Epicardial Interventions in Electrophysiology: Historical Perspectives
SECTION 2. Epicardial Anatomy
Chapter 2. Epicardial Anatomy
SECTION 3. Epicardial Access
Chapter 3. Inferior and Anterior Approach Using a Touhy Needle
Chapter 4. Micropuncture Needle for Epicardial Access
Chapter 5. Pressure Sensor Needle for Epicardial Access
Chapter 6. Different Fluoroscopic Approaches for Epicardial Access
Chapter 7. Epicardial Access for Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: Technique and Challenges
Chapter 8. Epicardial Access in Anticoagulated Patients
Chapter 9. Epicardial Ablation After Prior Open Chest Surgery or Percutaneous Epicardial Procedures
Chapter 10. Surgical Window for Epicardial Ablation
Chapter 11. Totally Endoscopic Robotic Epicardial Surgical Ablation (Teresa Procedure) to Treat Arrhythmias from The LV Summit
Chapter 12. Beyond Ablation: Other Potential Roles for Epicardial Access
SECTION 4. How to Identify the Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Anatomic Substrate
Chapter 13. Effect of Fat on Electrogram Interpretation
Chapter 14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Role and Limitations
Chapter 15. Intracardiac Echocardiography: Identification of Substrate and Role in Ablation
Chapter 16. Unipolar Identification of Scar: The Basics
Chapter 17. Effect of Transmural Scar and Hypertrophy on Identifying Epicardial Substrate with Unipolar Endocardial Recording
Chapter 18. Compartmentalization of the Endocardium Versus the Epicardium
SECTION 5. Electrocardiographic Criteria to Identify Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia
Chapter 19. Electrocardiographic Criteria to Identify Epicardial Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia
Chapter 20. Non-ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia
Chapter 21. Ischemic Ventricular Tachycardia: Limitations of the Electrocardiogram
SECTION 6. Sinus Rhythm Electrocardiogram and Electroanatomic Correlates in Common Arrhythmogenic Disorders
Chapter 22. Sinus Rhythm Clues to Presence of Epicardial Substrate
Chapter 23. Depolarization Abnormalities in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 24. Endocardial and Epicardial Anatomic Correlates of Repolarization Abnormalities in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Chapter 25. Endocardial and Epicardial Anatomic Correlates of Electrocardiographic Depolarization Abnormalities in Non- ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 26. Epicardial Anatomic Correlates of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities in Brugada Syndrome
SECTION 7. Epicardial Ablation: Techniques and Outcomes
SECTION 7A Technical Aspects
Chapter 27. Multi-electrode Epicardial Mapping
Chapter 28. Ablation of Epicardial Substrate and Ventricular Tachycardia During Endocardial Ablation
Chapter 29. Surgical Epicardial Ablation
SECTION 7B Epicardial Mapping and Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Specific Disorders
Chapter 30. Chagas"" Disease
Chapter 31. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Chapter 32. Do We Need Epicardial Ablation in All Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia?
Chapter 33. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 34. Ischemic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 35. Sarcoid and Other Granulomatous Diseases
Chapter 36. Epicardial Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: Meta-analysis
Chapter 37. Epicardial Mapping and Ablation of Premature Ventricular Contraction
SECTION 7C Epicardial Mapping and Ablation of Accessory Pathways
Chapter 38. Percutaneous Catheter Ablation of Epicardial Accessory Pathways
SECTION 7D Epicardial Ablation: Special Considerations
Chapter 39. Epicardial Fat
Chapter 40. Impact of Irrigation Flow Rate and Intra-pericardial Fluid
Chapter 41. Alternate Irrigation Solutions for Radiofrequency Ablation and Alternative Energy Sources
SECTION 8. Procedural Complications
Chapter 42. Risk Factors for Percutaneous Epicardial Access Complications and Strategies for Management
Chapter 43. Hemopericardium
Chapter 44. Intra-abdominal Bleeding
Chapter 45. Vascular and Phrenic Nerve Injury and Protection
Chapter 46. Esophageal Injury: Recognition and Prevention
Chapter 47. Unusual Complications
