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The nuts and bolts of cardiac pacing / Tom Kenny.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenny, Tom, 1954-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cardiac pacing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (173 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Futura, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There are millions of pacemaker patients in the world and this number is increasing. It is not unusual for these patients to be cared for by clinicians with no formal training in cardiac rhythm management devices. While there are many excellent pacing and defibrillation books, they are nearly all written by physicians for physicians. The Nuts and Bolts of Cardiac Pacing is written specifically for non-cardiologists in a lively, intelligent and easy to follow style. It emphasizes real-life clinical practice and practical tips, including illustrations from actual clini
- Contents:
- The healthy heart
- The conduction system
- Indications for pacing
- The history of pacing
- Implantable device codes
- Pacemaker technology
- Lead technology
- Implant techniques
- Single-chamber pacing
- Dual-chamber pacing
- Basic paced ECG interpretation
- Rate-responsive pacing
- Special features
- Systematic follow-up
- Troubleshooting and diagnostics.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611322069
- 9781281322067
- 1281322067
- 9780470750810
- 0470750812
- 9780470750278
- 0470750278
- OCLC:
- 437218806
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