Description
Book SynopsisEdited by some of the world s most experienced practitioners of cryoablation, this new book provides thorough, clinically relevant guidance to all aspects of this highly effective, extremely safe emergent technique for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors, vi
Preface, viii
Acknowledgments, ix
About the Companion Website, x
1 Biophysical Principles and Properties of Cryoablation, 1
Jo Jo Hai and Hung-Fat Tse
2 Catheter Cryoablation for Pediatric Arrhythmias, 8
Kathryn K. Collins and George F. Van Hare
3 Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: What Have We Learned from Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation?, 18
Ruey J. Sung, Charlie Young, and Michael R. Lauer
4 Catheter Cryoablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia, 36
Ngai-Yin Chan
5 Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation, 47
Jürgen Vogt
6 Prevention of Phrenic Nerve Palsy during Cryoballoon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, 67
Marcin Kowalski
7 Linear Isthmus Ablation for Atrial Flutter: Catheter Cryoablation versus Radiofrequency
Catheter Ablation, 82
Gregory K. Feld and Navinder Sawhney
8 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Accessory Pathways, 99
Ngai-Yin Chan
9 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias, 113
Luigi Di Biase, Xue Yan, Pasquale Santangeli, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, David J. Burkhardt, and Andrea Natale
10 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Miscellaneous Arrhythmias, 120
Ngai-Yin Chan
Index, 131
