PACEMAKERS AND ICD: TYPES, POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS AND LONG-TERM HEALTH EFFECTS

Cardiac pacing is one of the most rapidly growing fields in medicine. This growth is stimulated by several challenges unique to this subspecialty: the high prevalence of diseases that require cardiac pacing; the wide range of age groups that undergo this therapy; the technological advancements that improve safety and feasibility of the procedure; the long-term performance of the devices implanted; and the potential long-term complications.

Historically, the field of cardiac pacing was in the hands of cardiac surgeons and gradually absorbed into the specialty of cardiology. The need for a more specialized training to address the peculiarities of cardiac pacing brought about the formation of clinical electrophysiology as a subspecialty. In addition to clinical competence and knowledge, a basic understanding is required of cardiac pacing technologies and the science behind them.

While there are many books on this topic, some comprehensive and others addressing specific issues, Pacemakers and ICD: Types, Potential Complications and Long-Term Health Effects is intended to occupy a middle ground. This book gathers information on a number of aspects not typically treated in detail in other books but of high clinical relevance. It follows the different stages of cardiac pacing from the surgical technique of the implant to the impact on long-term health after the procedure. Of particular interest are contributions from leading experts on alternative sites of pacing, less understood complications, psychological effects and fresh approaches to the clinical management of patients with implantable cardiac devices. Recent technologies and forecasts of the field, including leadless pacemakers and subcutaneous ICD are also discussed.

We believe that Pacemakers and ICD: Types, Potential Complications and Long-Term Health Effects will be a useful resource for everyone involved in the care of patients with implantable cardiac devices.

Table of Contents:
Preface
• Pacemaker Types
Chapter 1. Future Easy and Physiological Cardiac Pacing
Chapter 2. Subcutaneous Defibrillators
Chapter 3. Leadless Pacemakers
Chapter 4. Inter-atrial Septal Pacing – Technique and Material
Chapter 5. Pacing in Vasovagal Syncope
Chapter 6. Optimal Atrioventricular Interval Programming in a DDD Pacemaker
• Long-term Effects
Chapter 7. Exercise Performance in Pacemaker Patients
Chapter 8. Sex Differences in Cardiac Morphology, Function and Arrhythmogenesis: From Hormones to Implantation of Cardiac Devices
Chapter 9. Identification of Atrial Fibrillation and Flutter During Pacing Checks: The Hidden Benefit of Pacemakers and other Implantable Electronic Devices
Chapter 10. Pacemakers in Developing Countries
Chapter 11. Pacing Therapy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Chapter 12. Cardiac Pacing in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
Chapter 13. Management of Anticoagulation in Patients Undergoing Device Therapy
• Complications
Chapter 14. Surgical Techniques and Wound Care to Optimize Wound Outcomes in Device Implantation
Chapter 15. Delayed Perforation of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Leads: Problems Least Expected
Chapter 16. ICD Therapy: Use, Prognosis and Future Directions
Chapter 17. Pacemakers Infections
Chapter 18. Lead Extraction Techniques and Technologies
Chapter 19. Transvenous Removal of Pacing and Implantable Cardiac Defibrillating Leads using Single Sheath Mechanical Dilatation and Multiple Venous Approaches
Chapter 20. Inappropriate Electrophysiological Interactions between Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators and Ventricular Assist Devices
Chapter 21. Applications of Impedance Based Respiratory Sensing for Pacers, ICD and CRT Devices
Chapter 22. Stroke and Pulmonary Embolism Outcomes or Complications Associated with ICD Device Implantation
Editors' Contact Information
Index