Understanding Intracardiac Egms and Ecgs

This practical “how-to” manual for interpreting electrograms and understanding how they relate to the more easily understood/obtained electrocardiogram (ECG) is designed to be used in electrophysiology laboratories and during preparation for certification tests. Clear enough to be understood by the novice, this inexpensive paperback is suitable for use by nurses and cardiovascular technicians working in the electrophysiology laboratory, as well as physicians who are interested in practical aspects of electrophysiology. Written by an award-winning teacher, it offers short, succinct chapters with bullet-point summaries and review questions to aid retention.

Table of Contents

• 1. Patient preparation/laboratory setup.
• 2. Procedural issues: Conscious sedation/venous access/catheters.

Electrophysiology

• 3. Bradyarrhythmias.
• 4. Supraventricular tachycardia.
  • Types.
  • Differential diagnosis.
• 5. Wide complex tachycardia.
  • Types.
  • Differential diagnosis.
• 6. Specialized mapping techniques.

Ablation

• 7. Power sources/techniques.
• 8. AV node reentry.
• 9. Accessory pathway mediated tachycardia,.
• 10. Focal atrial tachycardia.
• 11. Atrial flutter.
• 12. Atrial fibrillation.
• 13. Ventricular tachycardia

Author Information

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.