Pacing options in the adult patient with congenital heart disease / Harry G. Mond, Peter P. Karpawich.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Mond, Harry G.
• TeilnehmendeR: Karpawich, Peter P.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 136 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

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.