Pacing options in the adult patient with congenital heart disease
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Malden, Mass. ; Oxford
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Blackwell Futura
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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viii, 136 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes bibliographical references )p. 119-132( and index
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Harry G. Mond, Peter P. Karpawich
CONTENTS NOTE
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Know the anatomy -- Transvenous pacemaker implantation -- The pulse generator or ICD pocket -- Epicardial or epimyocardial pacing -- Problems 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