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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877139003321

Titolo

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation / / edited by Etienne Aliot, Michel Haissaguerre, Warren M. Jackman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, 2008

ISBN

1-4443-5614-3

1-282-68347-0

9786612683473

1-4443-0018-0

1-4443-0019-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (276 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AliotEtienne

HaissaguerreMichel

JackmanWarren M

Disciplina

616.1/28

Soggetti

Catheter ablation

Atrial fibrillation - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Anatomy of the left atrium relevant to atrial fibrillation ablation / J.A. Cabrera ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms and significance of fractionated electrograms recorded during atrial fibrillation / Natasja de Groot ... [et al.] -- Computer simulation studies of atrial fibrillation / Nathalie Virag ... [et al.] -- Experimental and theoretical insights into fundamental mechanisms of antiarrhythmic drug actions on atrial fibrillation : prospects for improved pharmacotherapy / S. Nattel --

Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation in animals and humans / Omer Berenfeld, Jerome Kalifa, Jose Jalife -- Three dimensional images in catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation / Hsuan-Ming Tsao, Mei-Han Wu, Shih Ann Chen -- Signal processing of fibrillatory electrograms / Jeffrey E. Olgin, Thomas H. Everett -- Emerging technologies in the treatment of atrial fibrillation / W. Davies, C. de Chillou --

Techniques targeting the pulmonary veins / Sabine Ernst ... [et al.] -- Techniques of linear lesion for atrial fibrillation ablation / Michel Haissaguerre ... [et al.] -- Ablation strategies in paroxysmal atrial



fibrillation / Isabel Deisenhofer, Claus Schmitt -- Ablation strategies for chronic atrial fibrillation / George Klein ... [et al.] -- Diagnostic algorithm of atrial tachycardia following atrial fibrillation ablation / M. Haissaguerre ... [et al.] --

Catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation in patients with heart failure / Ibrahim Abu-Romeh, Mohammed Khan, Andrea Natale -- Morbidity and mortality of ablation versus drugs / Carlo Pappone, Vincenzo Santinelli -- Atrial mechanical function after atrial fibrillation ablation / Michel Haissaguerre ... [et al.] -- Surgery for atrial fibrillation : from scalpel to catheter ... and back? / Fiorenzo Gaita ... [et al.] -- Electrogram-guided approach to ablation of atrial fibrillation / David J. Wilber ... [et al.].

Sommario/riassunto

Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Edited by Etienne Aliot, MD, FESC, FACC, FHRS Chief of Cardiology, Hôpital Central, University of Nancy, FranceMichel Haïssaguerre, MD Chief of Electrophysiology, Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque, FranceWarren M. Jackman, MD Chief of Electrophysiology, University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, USA In this text, internationally recognized authors explore and explain the advances in basic and clinical electrophysiology that have had the greatest impact on catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation (A