DESCRIPTION:
Since its inception in the mid-1980s, this therapeutic procedure has evolved to become an indispensable therapeutic modality in the treatment of arrhythmias. Now there is a "cure" without surgery. This text provides a comprehensive description of radiofrequency catheter ablation of cardiac arrhythmias from basic concepts of biophysics and pathophysiology of radiofrequency lesion formation to clinical application of the technique in every aspect of arrhythmia ablation. Each chapter provides an indepth review of the topic, including the most current information and references.
CONTENTS:
Part I: Fundamental Aspects of Radiofrequency Energy Applications.
Chapter 1: Historical Aspects of Radiofrequency Energy Applications.
Chapter 2: Biophysics of Radiofrequency Ablation.
Chapter 3: Pathophysiology of Lesion Formation by Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.
Chapter 4: Determinants of Radiofrequency-Induced Lesion Size.
Chapter 5: Pathological Observations of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Tissue.
Chapter 6: Temperature Monitoring Versus Impedance Monitoring During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.
Part II: Radiofrequency Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia and Flutter.
Chapter 7: Ablation of Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia in Young Patients.
Chapter 8: Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Adults.
Chapter 9: Ablation of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia.
Chapter 10: Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia within the Triangle of Koch.
Chapter 11: Ablation of Reentrant Atrial Tachycardia Associated with Structural Heart Disease.
Chapter 12: Ablation of Typical Clockwise and Counterclockwise Flutter.
Chapter 13: Ablation of Atypical Atrial Flutter.
Chapter 14: Role of Anatomic Structures and Barriers in the Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia and Flutter.
Part III: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for Control of Atrial Fibrillation.
Chapter 15: Complete Atrioventricular Junction Ablation for Control of Symptomatic Drug-Resistant Atrial Fibrillation.
Chapter 16: Modification of Atrioventricular Conduction for Control of Symptomatic Drug-Resistant Atrial Fibrillation.
Chapter 17: Ablation of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: What and How to Target.
Chapter 18: Experimental Studies of Catheter-Based Linear Lesions for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Chapter 19: New Catheter Technologies for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation.
Part IV: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardiac.
Chapter 20: Evolving Concepts of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: Insights into the Anatomy and Physiology.
Chapter 21: Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia with the Anterior Approach: Is It Obsolete in the Year 2000?
Chapter 22: Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia with the Posterior Approach.
Part V: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways.
Chapter 23: Ablation of Right Free-Wall Accessory Pathways.
Chapter 24: Ablation of Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways.
Chapter 25: Ablation of Left Free-Wall Accessory Pathways.
Chapter 26: Ablation of Anteroseptal and Midseptal Accessory Pathways.
Chapter 27: Ablation of Mahaim Fibers.
Chapter 28: Ablation of Multiple Accessory Pathways.
Part VI: Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia.
Chapter 29: Ablation of Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia.
Chapter 30: Ablation of Idiopathic Right Ventricular Tachycardia.
Chapter 31: Catheter Ablation of Bundle Branch Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia.
Chapter 32: Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Late After Myocardial Infarction: Techniques for Localizing Target Sites.
Chapter 33: Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Nonischemic Structural Heart Disease.
Part VII: Miscellaneous Topics.
Chapter 34: Complications Associated with Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.
Chapter 35: Cooled Radiofrequency Ablation.
Chapter 36: Electroanatomic Imaging as a Guide for Catheter Ablation.
Chapter 37: Radiation Exposure During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Procedures.
Chapter 38: Follow-Up Evaluation of Patients After Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation.
Chapter 39: Future Perspective of Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: New Electrode Designs and Mapping Techniques.
