Understanding Intracardiac EGMs and ECGs

by Fred M. Kusumoto

Overview

Although the electrocardiogram (ECG) is accepted as a standard clinical tool, electrograms (EGMs) recorded during electrophysiology studies are considered complex and confusing. In this brief paperback, an award-winning teacher provides the newcomer with an introductory guide to electrophysiology studies and the interpretation of electrograms.

Dr. Kusumoto divides the 15 chapters into two main sections, Electrophysiology Concepts and Specific Arrhythmias. First, he reviews the basics of electrophysiology testing and the diagnostic evaluation of general types of arrhythmias. From that foundation, he proceeds to discuss specific arrhythmia types and techniques for evaluation and ablation:

• Accessory pathways

• AV node reentry

• Focal atrial tachycardia

• Atrial flutter

• Atrial fibrillation

• Ventricular tachycardia


The final chapter considers implantable cardiac devices as they relate to ECGs and electrograms. Each short chapter includes a bullet-point summary and helpful review questions. Plentiful ECG and EGM tracings illustrate the text. Cardiology and electrophysiology fellows, allied professionals working in the electrophysiology laboratory, and all professionals interested in beginning a study of heart rhythms and electrophysiology will want to keep Understanding Intracardiac EGMs and ECGs close at hand for frequent reference.

Titles of Related Interest

Taylor, 150 Practice ECGs: Interpretation and Review, 3rd Edition
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Fogoros, Antiarrhythmic Drugs: A Practical Guide, 2nd Edition
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Stouffer, Practical ECG Interpretation: Clues to Heart Disease in Young Adults
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Abedin, ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach, 2nd Edition
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781444360691
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/26/2011
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Fred Kusumoto is a Consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He is currently Director of the Electrophysiology and Pacing Section at Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida. He has been involved in teaching and research and received the Excellence in Training in the Discipline of Cardiovascular Diseases two years in a row at Mayo Clinic and also named Teacher of the Year at the University of New Mexico. He has written two books on cardiac devices and cardiac pathophysiology and has authored over fifty journal articles and book chapters.

Table of Contents

Preface, vii

Part 1 Electrophysiology Concepts.

1 Procedural issues for electrophysiologic studies: vascular access, cardiac chamber access, and catheters, 3

2 Fluoroscopic anatomy and electrophysiologic recording in the heart, 15

3 Programmed stimulation, 29

4 Bradycardia, 51

5 Supraventricular tachycardia, 60

6 Wide complex tachycardia, 86

7 New technology, 94

8 Power sources for ablation, 99

Part 2 Specific Arrhythmias.

9 Accessory pathways, 107

10 AV node reentry, 132

11 Focal atrial tachycardia, 148

12 Atrial flutter, 161

13 Atrial fibrillation, 182

14 Ventricular tachycardia, 189

15 Implantable cardiac devices: ECGs and electrograms, 211

Index, 220