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Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease

ISBN: 978-0-470-67109-2

January 2017

Wiley-Blackwell

349 pages

Description
With a growing population of young patients with congenital heart disease reaching adulthood, this unique new book offers an in-depth guide to managing the challenges and issues related to device therapy in this patient group.
  • The only book resource dedicated to pacing, cardiac resynchronization therapy and ICD therapy for the pediatric and congenital heart disease patient 
  • Contains practical advice for pacemaker and ICD implantation, programming, trouble-shooting, managing complications and follow up 
  • Up-to-date with the latest in device technology
  • Contains multiple graphics, device electrogram tracings, and radiographic images for clarity 
  • Includes video clips and over 150 multiple choice questions with extended answers on companion website, ideal for self test
  • An invaluable resource for both the specialist pediatric cardiologist and the general cardiologist responsible for children with heart disease and pacing devices
About the Author

Maully Shah, M.B.B.S, F.A.C.C, F.H.R.S, C.C.D.S, C.E.P.S
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA 

Larry Rhodes, M.D.           
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
Professor of Pediatrics
West Virginia Univeristy
Morgantown, WV, USA 

Jonathan R. Kaltman, MD
Chief, Heart Development and Structural Disease Branch,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD, USA