How to face ‘the faces’ of CARDIAC PACING by Erik Andries, Pedro Brugada, Roland Stroobandt.

How to face 'the faces' of cardiac pacing represents an editor's compiled selection of lectures on cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. Electrical stimulation of the heart is an ever-changing and, at times, explosive field. The number of implanting centres is growing tremendously and...

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Main Authors: Andries, Erik (Author), Brugada, Pedro (Author), Stroobandt, Roland (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1993.
Edition:1st ed. 1993.
Series:Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, 129
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. A synoptic view on syncope
  • 2. Pseudobradyarrhythmias
  • 3. Cardiac pacing for bradyarrhythmias
  • 4. From VVI to DDD pacemakers: glossary of terms and normal functions
  • 5. A practical guide to the interpretation of DDD pacing electrocardiograms
  • 6. Rate-adaptive cardiac pacing
  • 7. Dual chamber rate responsive (DDDR) pacing: ventricular versus atrial timing
  • 8. Facing the ‘faces’ of pacing after implantation
  • 9. Antitachycardia pacing
  • 10. Electrical treatment of tachycardias
  • 11. Review of implantable defibrillator therapy
  • 12. The implantable defibrillator
  • 13. Combined automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and permanent pacemaker systems
  • 14. Surgical treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The physician’s point of view
  • 15. Cost-benefit analysis of arrhythmia technology
  • 16. Arrhythmia technology. The insurer’s point of view.