Pacemakers and ICDs [Paperback]

This specialist handbook is a practical, comprehensive, and concise training guide on how to implant, follow-up, and troubleshoot pacemakers and ICDs, fully updated with new technologies and the latest international guidelines.Comprehensive, yet practical and concise, theOxford Specialist Handbook of Pacemakers and ICDsis the ideal training guide on how to implant, follow-up, and troubleshoot pacemakers and ICDs. Fully updated to include new technologies such as subcutaneous ICDs and MRI compatible devices, this new edition provides the latest guidelines and management strategies for the cardiology trainee and cardiac technician.Covering the principles, programming, potential complications, and troubleshooting for pacemakers, ICDs, and cardiac resynchronisation therapy, this title is an invaluable aid for anyone charged with providing or contributing to a pacing, ICD, or implantable loop recorder service. Written in a succinct bullet-point style, the second edition of theOxford Specialist Handbook of Pacemakers and ICDsdelivers key information in an accessible manner, with over 120 figures including x-rays and annotated ECGs to demonstrate pacing techniques and troubleshooting solutions.1. Pacemaker principles2. Permanent pacemaker implantation3. Pulse generator replacement4. Pacemaker complications5. Pacemaker programming and device interrogation6. Troubleshooting7. Temporary cardiac pacing8. Implantable loop recorder9. ICD principles10. ICD implantation11. ICD programming12. Troubleshooting ICDs13. Cardiac resynchronisation therapy (CRT)14. System and lead extractions15. Device clinic and follow-up16. Lifestyle issues, patient concerns, and devices17. Perioperative management of devicesJulian OM Ormerod,Consultant Cardiologist, Milton Keynes University Hospital, Milton Keynes, and the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK,Jonathan Timperley,Consultant Cardiologist, Northampton General Hospital, Northampton; and Honorary Consultant Cardló@