Pacing options in the adult patient with congenital heart disease /

Mond, H G.

Pacing options in the adult patient with congenital heart disease / Harry G. Mond, Peter P. Karpawich. - Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2007. - viii, 136 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-132) and index.

Know the anatomy -- Transvenous pacemaker implantation -- The pulse generator or ICD pocket -- Epicardial or epimyocardial pacing -- Problems associated with right ventricular apical pacing -- What type of lead fixation device do I use? -- Consider steerable stylets or catheters -- Safety in numbers, the belt and braces technique -- Do old leads need extraction? -- Stenosed venous channels -- Use of the coronary venous system -- Consider growth in teenagers -- Congenital atrioventricular block -- Congenitally corrected L-transposition of the great vessels -- Congenital long QT syndromes -- Atrial septal defects and patent foramen ovale -- Persistent left superior vena cava -- Dextrocardia -- Ebstein's anomaly -- D-transposition of the great vessels -- Septal defects including tetralogy of Fallot -- Repaired Ebstein's anomaly -- Univentricular heart.

9781405155694 (alk. paper) 1405155698 (alk. paper)


Heart Defects, Congenital--surgery
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial--methods
Defibrillators, Implantable
Adult

WG 220 / M 55

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