Implantable Cardiac Pacemakers and Defibrillators: All You Wanted to Know

Introduction.

1 Basic principles of pacing.

Malcolm Kirk.

2 Temporary cardiac pacing.

Oliver R. Segal, Vias Markides, D. Wyn Davies, and Nicholas S. Peters.

3 Pacemaker implantation and indications.

Aneesh V. Tolat and Peter J. Zimetbaum.

4 The ICD and how it works.

Henry F. Clemo and Kenneth A. Ellenbogen.

5 Indications for the implanted cardioverter-defibrillator.

Alfred E. Buxton.

6 ICD follow-up: complications, troubleshooting, and emergencies related to ICDs.

Kristin E. Ellison.

7 Pacing therapies for heart failure.

Rebecca E. Lane, Martin R. Cowie, and Anthony W.C. Chow.

8 Pacing in special cases: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease.

Martin Lowe and Fiona Walker.

9 Lead problems, device infections, and lead extraction.

Richard Schilling and Simon Sporton.

Index