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This authoritative book explores electrophysiologic testing and therapeutic catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias in children, and in patients of all ages with congenital heart disease. It reviews the anatomic and physiologic background for these procedures, and emphasises the tools for mapping and tissue ablation.
List of contents
PART I: Introductory Concepts
1. Development and Morphologic Aspects of the Cardiac Conduction System in Normal Hearts and Congenital Heart Defects
2. Tachycardia Mechanisms in Children with Normal Hearts and in Patients of all Ages with Congenital Heart DefectsEdward P. Walsh and Audrey Dionne
3. Physical Principles of Catheter Ablation
4. Indications for Catheter Ablation in Infants, Children, and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
5. Cardiac Mapping and Imaging in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease
PART II: Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Young Patients With Structurally Normal Hearts
6. Automatic Atrial and Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia
7. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
8. Accessory Pathways (Atrioventricular pathways and other abnormal connections)
9. Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation in Young Patients with Normal Hearts
PART III: Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease
10. Overview of Supraventricular Tachycardias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
11. Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects
12. Catheter Ablation in Atrioventricular Septal Defects
13. Ebstein’s Anomaly
14. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Tetralogy of Fallot and Double Outlet Right Ventricle
15. Transposition of the Great Vessels with Mustard / Senning Repair
16. Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries
17. Heterotaxy Syndrome and Twin AV node Tachycardia
18. Catheter Ablation in Univentricular Hearts following Fontan Procedure
PART VI: Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease
19. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structurally Normal Hearts
20. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease
21. Role of Interventional Procedures in Channelopathies: Catheter Ablation and Sympathectomy
PART V: Miscellaneous Topics
22. Technical Refinements for Catheter Ablation in Young / Small Children
23. Technical Refinements for Ablation in Adults with Complex Vascular and Intracardiac Anatomy, Including Difficult Transseptal Access
24. Minimizing Radiation Exposure During Ablation in Young Patients
25. Sedation and Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation
26. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Electrophysiologist’s Prospective
27. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Surgeon’s Prospective
28. The Real World: Cost Considerations According to Geographic Location
29. Future Directions
About the author
Edward P. Walsh, MD, is currently the Associate Chief of Cardiology for Clinical Affairs, and Division Chief for Cardiac Electrophysiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the LJ Sloss Professor of Cardiology.
George F. Van Hare, MD, is currently Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, and also serves as a Medical Officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Cardiovascular Devices.
Paul Khairy, MD, PhD, is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, the André Chagnon Research Chair in Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Scientific Director of the Montreal Heart Institute Adult Congenital Centre, and Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre (MHICC).
Mohammad Shenasa, MD, is Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, Heart & Rhythm Medical Group in Monte Sereno, California and Department of Cardiovascular Services, O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, California.
Summary
This authoritative book explores electrophysiologic testing and therapeutic catheter ablation for cardiac arrhythmias in children, and in patients of all ages with congenital heart disease. It reviews the anatomic and physiologic background for these procedures, and emphasises the tools for mapping and tissue ablation.
