Samuel J. Asirvatham & Ali Massumi 
Cardiac Rhythm Devices [EPUB ebook] 
A Case-Based Approach to Management

Preface; Teaching Points ;
Pacemakers PM 1 Recurrent Syncope after Pacemaker Implantation; PM 2 Palpitations after Dual-chamber Pacemaker ; PM 3 A 72-year-old Man with Pacemaker and Presyncope ; PM 4 A 52-year-old Man with Possible Pacemaker ; Malfunction and Syncope ; PM 5 Device Management after Atrioventricular Node Ablation in an 82-year-old Man ; PM 6 A 75-year-old Woman with a Pacemaker and Syncope during Prayer ; PM 7 54-year-old Man with Permanent Pacemaker Presents with Fever ; PM 8 A 56-year-old Man with Possible Device Malfunction 31 ; PM 9 A 73-year-old Woman with Possible Pacemaker Noncapture ; PM 10 Multiple Pacing Artifacts in a Critically Ill Patient 35 ; PM 11 A 74-year-old Man with Dual-chamber Pacemaker and Shortness of Breath ; PM 12 Ventricular Tachycardia in a Patient with a Dual-chamber Pacemaker ; PM 13 Ventricular Tachycardia Detected during Pacemaker Interrogation ; PM 14 Intermittent Atrial Pacing in a 62-year-old Man with a Dual-chamber Pacemaker ; PM 15 Tachycardia during Pacing ; PM 16 Onset of Ventricular Tachycardia during Pacemaker Threshold Testing ; PM 17 Dual-chamber Pacemaker with Possible Lead Malfunction ; PM 18 Inflammatory Reaction on Device Site ;
Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators ; ICD 1 Exercise-induced Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Shocks ; ICD 2 Multiple Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Shocks in a 45-year-old Man ; ICD 3 Interrogation of a Dual-chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ; ICD 4 Long-QT Syndrome and Multiple Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shocks ; ICD 5 Frequent Palpitations in a Patient with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ; ICD 6 Palpitations in a Patient with a Dual-chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ; ICD 7 Variable Pacing in a Patient with Congenital Atrioventricular Block ; ICD 8 Multiple Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Shocks ; ICD 9 Rapid Analysis of Shock Etiology ; ICD 10 Wide Complex Tachycardia with Periodic Oscillation ; ICD 11 Ventricular Ectopy on a Rhythm Strip ; ICD 12 Ventricular Pacing and Atrial Flutter ; ICD 13 Ventricular Tachycardia Undersensing in Dual-chamber Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ; ICD 14 A 52-year-old Man with a Beeping Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ;
Biventricular Device Troubleshooting ; Bi V Case Series 1 ; Case 1.1 Locating the Left Ventricular Pacing Lead – Electrocardiographic Fluoroscopic Correlation ; Case 1.2 Will Offset Help? ; Case 1.3 Not Allowing Cardiac Resynchronization ; Case 1.4 Role of the Atrial Lead ; Bi V Case Series ; Case 2.1 Why Does the Morphology Change? ; Case 2.2 Capture with Delay ; Bi V Case Series ; Case 3.1 Troubleshooting Difficulty with Left Ventricular Lead Implantation ; Case 3.2 Difficulties Continued. . . ; Bi V Case Series ; Case 4.1 Troubleshooting Failure to Improve- Electrocardiographic Correlation ; Case 4.2 Programming Atrioventricular Interval ; Bi V Case Series ; Case 5.1 Cardiac Resynchronization-Handling Complexity ; Case 5.2 Handling Complexity ; Case 5.3 Still Not Responding ; Case 5.4 Epicardial Pacing ; Case 5.5 Varying QRS Width and Morphology ; BIV 6 Analysis of Tracings during Device Interrogation in a Patient with a Biventricular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator ; BIV 7 Fusion and Pseudofusion ; BIV 8 Multiple Leads on Chest Radiography
Further Reading; Index

Mehdi Razavi, MD, is Director Clinical Arrhythmia Research, Texas Heart Institute and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.