Main description:

In recent decades, the prevalence of heart failure has steadily increased and can be considered a 'contemporary cardiovascular epidemic'. Therefore, treatment of heart failure is a primary focus of cardiovascular disease management strategies. "Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy" provides basic knowledge about congestive heart failure but also covers the evolution of cardiac resynchronization therapy and provides state-of-the-art information and future directions of this therapeutic tool. As CRT is a new therapy which still undergoes rapid advancement, it is imperative to provide updates in key issues. These include technological advances, the unique role of imaging to assess mechanical dyssynchrony, troubleshooting, recent key clinical trials, and the incorporation of monitoring capabilities into CRT or CRT plus defibrillation devices. "Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy" is an essential addition to your collection.

Contents:

Section 1 Heart failure epidemiology and standard therapies 1 The epidemiology of heart failureMaren E. Jeffery & Mariell Jessup 2 Comprehensive pharmacologic management strategies for heart failureGarrie J. Haas & William T. Abraham Section 2 Assessment of electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony 3 Electrical activation sequenceCecilia Fantoni & Angelo Auricchio 4 Myocardial mechano-energeticsTammo Delhaas & Frits W. Prinzen 5 Conventional echocardiographyOle-A. Breithardt 6 Newer echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapyCheuk-Man Yu, Qing Zhang & Jeffrey Wing-Hong Fung 7 Value of non-echocardiographic imaging techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapyJeroen J. Bax, Gabe B. Bleeker & Martin J.Schalij Section 3 Pulse generators 8 Device-specific features in cardiac resynchronization therapyMartin J. Schalij, Lieselot van Erven, Gabe B. Bleeker & Jeroen J. Bax 9 Programming and diagnostic features of cardiac resynchronization therapy devicesOsnat Gurevitz, David Luria & Michael Glikson Section 4 Implantation 10 Implantation techniques for cardiac resynchronization therapyMichael O. Sweeney 11 Anatomy of the coronary sinusSamuel J. Asirvatham 12 Surgical approaches to epicardial left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacingJoseph J. DeRose, Jr & Jonathan S. Steinberg Section 5 Clinical trials - an overview 13 Clinical trials - an overviewDavid L. Hayes & William T. Abraham Section 6 Follow-up 14 TroubleshootingChristophe Leclercq, Philippe Mabo & J. Claude Daubert 15 Device-based monitoring of heart failure by intrathoracic impedanceJeffrey Wing-Hong Fung & Cheuk-Man Yu 16 Continuous heart rate variability from a cardiac resynchronization device - prognostic value and clinical applicationPhilip B. Adamson 17 Optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy: the role of echocardiography in atrioventricular, interventricular and intraventricular delay optimizationStephane Garrigue Index