Overview
- Editors:
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Erik Andries
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Department of Cardiology, O.L.V. Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
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Pedro Brugada
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Department of Cardiology, O.L.V. Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
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Roland Stroobandt
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Department of Cardiology, St Jozef Hospital, Oostende, Belgium
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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- Erik Andries, Hilde Willems, Sinan Gürsoy, Paul Nellens, Marc Goethals, Pedro Brugada
Pages 1-21
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- Pedro Brugada, Sinan Gürsoy, Jacob Atié, Marc Goethals, Günter Steurer, Hilde Willems et al.
Pages 23-28
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- A. John Camm, Clifford J. Garratt
Pages 119-126
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- Roland Stroobandt, Roger Willems, Alfons Sinnaeve
Pages 127-137
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- Marc Goethals, Willy Timmermans, Roger Willems, Erik Andries, Roland Stroobandt
Pages 139-181
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- Luc Jordaens, Patrick Vertongen, Etienne van Wassenhove, Denis L. Clement
Pages 183-190
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- Jean François Leclercq, Isabelle Denjoy, Antoine Leenhardt, Philippe Coumel
Pages 191-207
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- Morton M. Mower, Seah Nisam
Pages 209-214
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- Roland Stroobandt, Roger Willems, Alfons Sinnaeve
Pages 221-227
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- Pedro Brugada, Francis Wellens, Paul Nellens, Sinan Gürsoy, Jacob Atié, Gunter Steurer et al.
Pages 229-239
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- Hein Heidbüchel, Hugo Ector
Pages 241-254
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Back Matter
Pages 267-274
About this book
How to face 'the faces' of cardiac pacing represents an editor's compiled selection of lectures on cardiac pacing and electrophysiology. Electrical stimulation of the heart is an ever-changing and, at times, explosive field. The number of implanting centres is growing tremendously and pacing is not exclusively confined to arrhythmologists. Therefore, the editors attempted to organize a course being both practical in daily clinical management and instructive in understanding technical concepts. The glossary of terms have to be clearly understood before one is able to interpret the complex electrocardiograms of DDD and especially DDDR pacemakers. Those electrocardiograms have to be approached in a system atic way, using a step-by-step analysis. The main clinical symptom requiring pacemaker implantation is syncope. It cannot be over-emphasized that syncope is a clinical diagnosis merely based on history and physical examination. The organization of a pacemaker follow-up clinic depends on local facilities and needs. The effectiveness of pacing controls markedly increases when using a systematic approach. Repeated optimal adjustment of pro grammable functions is part of the control. Antiarrhythmic drugs are loosing popularity in the treatment of tachy arrhythmias. Nonpharmacologic treatment (antitachypacing, implantable defi brillators and antiarrhythmic surgery) at the present time have definite indications, probably expanding in the future. When complexity in electronic devices increases, repercussions on ex penses, either by the government or social and private insurances, needs consideration.
