The Road To Successful CRT Implantation: A Step-By-Step Approach Paperback

Daniel Gras

Cardiac resynchronization therapy is a new therapy for advanced heart failure patients. This therapy has been shown to improve quality of life, exercise capacity, NYHA classification, and even reverse the detrimental "reverse remodeling" that occurs in advanced heart failure -- in patients already receiving optimal pharmacological therapy. The typical patient has NYHA III/IV HF symptoms, a QRS > 120 ms, LVEDD > 55 mm, without any indication required for pacing. The therapy is available in an ICD device, too. CRT has been shown to be effective in patients with both ischemic and non--ischemic cardiomyopathy. The implant procedure is part of a learning curve. Many physicians who already perform electrophysiology procedures, or PPM, or ICD implants are the ideal implanter -- but are surprised at the challenges this implant presents. This book will help "flatten" the learning curve for new physician implanting, and will provide a "guidea for those who have already started implanting.

1405117184

9781405117180

English

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

25 June 2004

112

Gras, Daniel, MD, Nantes, France Fisher, Wes, MD, Chicago, USA Leon, Engel, MD, Atlanta, USA Abraham, William T, MD, Columbus, USA

Angel R. Leon

Westby G. Fisher