The hardware of ICD and pacemaker pulse generators and leads / Brian Olshansky -- Surgical anatomy / Corinne Fligner and Lyle W. Larson -- Surgical tools and techniques / Otway Louie and Lyle W. Larson -- Anesthesia for interventional cardiology / Stefan Lombaard, Joanna M. Davies, and Alec Rooke -- Radiation safety / Melissa Robinson -- Patient preparation / Christine Cramer-Mitchell and Lyle W. Larson -- The surgical procedure / Jeanne E. Poole -- Transvenous lead placement / Andrea M. Russo and Ulrika Birgersdotter-Green -- Considerations for novel or alternative lead placement / Nazem Akoum and Joshua Hermsen -- Implanting the subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator -- Kristen K. Patton -- Challenges in the pediatric and young adult patients requiring a cardiac rhythm device / Frank Cecchin -- Special circumstances and obstacles / Roger Carrillo and Chris Healy -- Pitfalls and complications / Marye Gleva and Charles Huddleston -- Prevention, evaluation, and management of cardiac rhythm device infections / Jordan M. Prutkin and Paul Pottinger -- Post-operative management / Linda Mariott and Lyle W. Larson. |