How-To Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices: Procedures and Programming - Paperback

by Amin Al-Ahmad (Editor), Andrea Natale (Editor), Paul J. Wang (Editor)

Ein umfassender Leitfaden zur richtigen Planung, Programmierung und Implementierung heutiger Schrittmacher und anderer Herzimplantate, inkl. Probleml?sungsstrategien.

Dieses praktische Nachschlagewerk f?hrender Ausbilder im Klinikbereich richtet sich an angehende ?rzte und Klinikmitarbeiter, die ?ber keine oder wenig Erfahrung in der Programmierung und dem Management von Implantaten verf?gen. Best-Practice-Informationen sind in ein Referenzwerk geflossen, das sich auf die wichtigsten Schritte, h?ufige Fehlerquellen und m?gliche Komplikationen konzentriert. Jedes Kapitel ist auf die Praxis ausgerichtet und gibt Handreichungen, um auch schwierigste, ger?tebezogene Aufgaben, wie Programmierung und zielf?hrende Probleml?sung bei Komplikationen, schnell zu meistern.

Die heutigen Schrittmachen und EP-Ger?te sind im Vergleich zu fr?heren Entwicklungen das, was Smartphone und Telefone mit W?hlscheibe gemein haben. Sie sind nicht nur kleiner und f?r den Patienten komfortabler, sondern bieten auch komplexe Programmieroptionen, die es Klinikern erm?glichen, Ger?te ganz individuell auf die Anforderungen der Patienten anzupassen. Je kleiner, intelligenter und anpassbarer die Ger?te werden, desto gr? er sind die Herausforderungen f?r Kliniker in puncto Konfiguration, Management und ?berwachung. Mit dieser einzigartigen Kurzreferenz l?sst sich diese wichtige Technologie viel einfacher handhaben. ?rzte und Techniker erhalten genau die Informationen, die sie ben?tigen.
- Konzentriert sich auf die Aufgaben, die Kliniker durchf?hren, inkl. der Schritte vor der Implantation, Planung, Programmierung, Management, Probleml?sung etc.
- Zeigt anhand von Beispielen aus der Praxis, wie Experten im klinischen Umfeld optimale Ergebnisse im eigenen Labor erzielen.
- Bietet mehr als 300 Fotos, einschlie lich EKG-, R?ntgen- und Fluoroskopie-Aufnahmen, Bilder von Ger?teabfragen, intrakardiale Elektrogramme sowie farbige elektroanatomische Maps.
- Begleitende Website mit Videos zu allen wichtigen Aufgaben und Verfahren.

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A complete, how-to guide to planning, programming, implementing, and trouble-shooting today's pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices

Edited by a team of leading clinician-educators this is a practical, go-to reference for trainees and clinical staff who are new to, or less experienced with, the programming and management of implantable devices. It distills device best-practices into a single, quick-reference volume that focuses on essential tasks, common pitfalls, and likely complications. Each chapter follows a hands-on, how-to approach that helps readers quickly master even the most challenging device-related tasks--such as programming and how to respond confidently when complications arise.

Today's pacemakers and other implantable EP devices are to earlier versions what smart phones are to rotary phones. They are not only smaller and more comfortable; they offer complex programming options that allow clinicians to adapt a device to individual patient requirements. As they continue to become smaller, smarter, and more adaptable, these devices also become more challenging for clinicians to set up, manage and monitor. This unique, quick-reference guide dramatically reduces the learning curve for mastering this essential technology by giving doctors and technicians the how-to information they need.

• Focuses on tasks clinicians perform, including pre-implementation, planning, programming, management, troubleshooting, and more
• Shows how expert clinicians achieve optimal outcomes in their own labs with real-world examples
• Features more than numerous images, including ECGs, X-ray and fluoroscopy, images from device interrogation, intracardiac electrograms, and color electoanatomical maps
• Provides videos on an accompanying website demonstrating all key tasks and techniques

Also available in an eBook version, enhanced with instructional videos, How-to Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices is an indispensable tool of the trade for electrophysiologists, fellows in electrophysiology, EP nurses, technical staff, and industry professionals.

Back Jacket

A complete, how-to guide to planning, programming, implementing, and trouble-shooting today's pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices

Edited by a team of leading clinician-educators this is a practical, go-to reference for trainees and clinical staff who are new to, or less experienced with, the programming and management of implantable devices. It distills device best-practices into a single, quick-reference volume that focuses on essential tasks, common pitfalls, and likely complications. Each chapter follows a hands-on, how-to approach that helps readers quickly master even the most challenging device-related tasks--such as programming and how to respond confidently when complications arise.

Today's pacemakers and other implantable EP devices are to earlier versions what smart phones are to rotary phones. They are not only smaller and more comfortable; they offer complex programming options that allow clinicians to adapt a device to individual patient requirements. As they continue to become smaller, smarter, and more adaptable, these devices also become more challenging for clinicians to set up, manage and monitor. This unique, quick-reference guide dramatically reduces the learning curve for mastering this essential technology by giving doctors and technicians the how-to information they need.

• Focuses on tasks clinicians perform, including pre-implementation, planning, programming, management, troubleshooting, and more
• Shows how expert clinicians achieve optimal outcomes in their own labs with real-world examples
• Features more than numerous images, including ECGs, X-ray and fluoroscopy, images from device interrogation, intracardiac electrograms, and color electoanatomical maps
• Provides videos on an accompanying website demonstrating all key tasks and techniques

Also available in an eBook version, enhanced with instructional videos, How-to Manual for Pacemaker and ICD Devices is an indispensable "tool of the trade" for electrophysiologists, fellows in electrophysiology, EP nurses, technical staff, and industry professionals.

Author Biography

Amin Al-Ahmad, MD, FACC, FHRS, CCDS, Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA.

Andrea Natale, MD, FACC, FHRS, FESC, Executive Medical Director, Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute, Austin, USA.

Paul J. Wang, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Bioengineering (by courtesy), Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA.

James P. Daubert, MD, Professor of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA.

Luigi Padeletti, MD, Director of the Cardiovascular Department, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy.