Cardiac Mapping

Dr. Shenasa and his internationally renowned team of editors and contributors reflect all the breakthroughs that have been made in interventional electrophysiology and imaging technologies in recent years in this thoroughly updated guide to cardiac mapping. Over three previous editions, this book has established itself as the most comprehensive reference book on cardiac mapping. This thoroughly updated fourth edition focuses on new developments in the field such as new catheter-based techniques, new roles for mapping and a deepening understanding or new insights into how to best treat disorders such as AF and AT. The book is designed to appeal to trainees in cardiac electrophysiology as well as to more seasoned EPs who want the latest information on this fast-moving and increasingly important imaging modality. This useful resource for basic and clinical electrophysiologists illuminates the path to better and safer mapping. CONTENTS OF THE PREVIOUS EDITION Part 1. Historical Perspectives . Chapter 1: Historical Perspectives. Cardiac Activation Mapping: The Amsterdam Years. Part 2. Methodological and Technical Considerations. Chapter 2: Construction and Interpretation of Maps.   Chapter 3: Cardiac Anatomy for Interventional Electrophysiology and Mapping. Chapter 4: Principles of Noncontact Endocardial Cardiac Mapping. Chapter 5: Principles of Nonfluoroscopic Electroanatomical and Electromechanical Cardiac Mapping. Chapter 6: Principles of NavX Mapping. Chapter 7: Principles of Stereotaxis Mapping. Chapter 8: CT Angiography Cardiac Anatomy for Mapping and Ablation of Arrhythmias. Chapter 9: MRI Anatomy for Cardiac Mapping and Ablation. Chapter 10: Challenges and Limitations of Electroanatomical Mapping Technologies. . . Part 3. Mapping in Experimental Models of Cardiac Arrhythmias Chapter 11: Mapping of Atrial Neural Stimulation and Inhibition in Atrial Fibrillation. Chapter 12: Mapping of Neurally Based Atrial Arrhythmias. Chapter 13: Electrophysiological Mapping of the Right and Left Ventricle in Experimental Animals. Part 4. Mapping of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias. Chapter 14:Endocardial Catheter Mapping in Patients with Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Variants of Pre-excitation.   Chapter 15: Transcatheter Cryomapping in AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardias. Chapter 16: Mapping and Ablation of AV NRT and its subtypes. Chapter 17: New Observations on Mapping and Ablation of Atrial Flutter. Chapter 18: Mapping of Macroreentrant Right and Left Atrial Tachycardias. Chapter 19: Mapping of Focal Atrial Tachycardias. Chapter 20: Interpretation of atrial electrograms during atrial fibrillation. Chapter 21: Different Mapping Approaches for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation. Chapter 22: Integration of other Imaging Technologies into the Mapping of Atrial Fibrillation. . . Part 5. Mapping of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias Chapter 23: Substrate Mapping for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Coronary Artery Disease. Chapter 24: Mapping of Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia. Chapter 25: Endocardial and epicardial mapping of nonischemic right and left ventricular nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Chapter 26: Role of Mapping in Right Ventricular Dysplasia. Chapter 27: Mapping of Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardias (RV and LV Outflow and Septal Tachycardias). Chapter 28: Role of Different Stimulation Techniques (Pace Mapping, Entrainment Mapping) in Different Subset of Ventricular Tachycardias. Chapter 29: Endocardial Catheter Pace Mapping of Ventricular Tachycardias. Chapter 30: Electrical and Anatomical Mapping of Different Pathologies: Ischemic, Dilated, and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies. Chapter 31: Mapping and Ablation of Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Congential Heart Disease. Chapter 32: Transthoracic Epicardial Mapping and Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia. Part 6. New Frontiers . Chapter 33: Mapping of Ventricular Tachycardia and Fibrillation: Role of the Purkinje System. Chapter 34: Mapping Rotors in Animals and Humans during Atrial Fibrillation. Chapter 35: Role of Mapping in Channelopathies: Brugada Syndrome, Long-QT Syndrome and Idiopathic VF. Chapter 36: Molecular Cardiovascular Imaging with SPECT and PET. Chapter 37: Optical Mapping: It's Impact on Understanding Arrhythmia Mechanisms. Chapter 38: The Kinetics of Intracellular Calcium and Arrhythmogenesis in Ischemia/Reperfusion. Calcium Centric Mechanism of Arrhythmia. Chapter 39: Role of Body Surface Mapping. Chapter 40: Cardiac Mapping in Patients with Cardiac Resynchronization. Chapter 41: How to Better Map. Index. Color Appendix. DVD