• Heavily illustrated with over 300 figures and tables.
• Uniquely meets the day-to-day needs of all direct management professionals.
• Focuses in detail on algorithms
• Describes device interactions, addressing every major manufacturer.
• Provides in-depth insight into pacing, including biventricular pacing.
• Discusses arrhythmia detection and device classification, testing, and therapy.

Table of Contents:



PART 1: PACEMAKER SYSTEMS



1. Pacemaker Systems: The Basics of Pulse Generator Design and Engineering

Hugh Thomas McElderry, John C. Evans, Jeffrey A. Keeney, and Jose Osorio



2. Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Lead Design

Andrea M. Russo



3. Pacemaker Timing Cycles: Ventricular Based and Atrial Based

Fred Kusumoto



4. Algorithms for Minimizing Right Ventricular Pacing

Michael O. Sweeney



5. Normal Pacemaker Sensing, Abnormal Sensing, and Automatic Sensing

Carsten W. Israel



6. Pacemakers and Atrial Arrhythmias: Detection and Treatment

David S. Kwon and Byron K. Lee



7. Miscellaneous Pacing Algorithms

George H. Crossley and Robert Andrew Pickett



8. Automatic Threshold Measuring Algorithms

Marco V. Perez, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, Mintu P. Turakhia, Paul J. Wang, and Amin Al-Ahmad



9. Sensor-Driven Pacing

Chu-Pak Lau, Chung-Wah Siu, and Hung Fat Tse



10. Interpretation of Device Diagnostics

Jordan M. Prutkin and Robert W. Rho



PART 2: IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS



11. Basic ICD Systems

Jane Chen



12. ICD Lead Design

Gautham Kalahasty and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen



13. Sensing in ICDs

Sergio L. Pinski



14. ICD Therapy ATP

Karin K. M. Chia, Luigi Di Biase, Paolo Pieragnoli, Giuseppe Ricciardi, Laura Perrotta, Robert Canby, Amin Al-Ahmad, Mark S. Wathen, Andrea Natale, and Luigi Padeletti



15. ICD Therapy-Shock

T. Jared Bunch, Jeffrey S. Osborn, and John D. Day



16. Discrimination Algorithms and Arrhythmia Detection

Irina Suman Horduna and Paul Khairy



17. Pacing with an ICD System: What Are the Issues?

Robert F. Rea



18. Assessing Defibrillation Efficacy at ICD Implant

Charles D. Swerdlow and Paul J. DeGroot



PART 3: BIVENTRICULAR PACING SYSTEMS



19. Basics of Biventricular Pacing Systems: Principles and Timing Cycles

Ravi Ranjan and Joseph E. Marine



20. Programming to Avoid Phrenic Nerve Stimulation during Left Ventricular Pacing

Paul J. Wang, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei, and Mintu P. Turakhia



21. AV and VV Optimization

Jeffrey H. Chung, Robert J. Kim, and Kenneth M. Stein



22. Electromagnetic Interactions from Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Implantable Arrhythmia Devices

Saman Nazarian and Henry R. Halperin