Here is an essential text for cardiologists, heart surgeons, intensive care specialists and anyone interested in pacing. It is a comprehensive guide to contemporary devices used in the resynchronization of patients' heartbeats. The treatment of congestive heart failure by implanted biventricular pacemakers, or cardiac resynchronization, has revolutionized the practice of implanting pacemakers and defibrillators. More cardiac resynchronization therapy devices than conventional pacemakers are now being implanted and the numbers are growing worldwide.

Here is an essential text for cardiologists, heart surgeons, intensive care specialists and anyone interested in pacing. It is a comprehensive guide to contemporary devices used in the resynchronization of patients' heartbeats. The treatment of congestive heart failure by implanted biventricular pacemakers, or cardiac resynchronization, has revolutionized the practice of implanting pacemakers and defibrillators. More cardiac resynchronization therapy devices than conventional pacemakers are now being implanted and the numbers are growing worldwide.

Cardiac Pacement has undergone a rapid development in technique and application in the last years. Methods of cardiac pacement have become more successful but also more complicated. This book is written for internists in their practice and also for the specialists in cardiology to improve their therapeutic measures being informed about specific problems in cardiac pacement. Apart from the basics of cardiac pacement also indications, selection of pacers, implantation methods and complications are described. A special focus is on postoperative monitoring of the patient. A vast amount of illustrations is combined with very instructive text. This book is for daily practice and desk reference for practicioners and clinicians.

Negli ultimi anni la tecnologia e le applicazioni della stimolazione cardiaca si sono evolute con estrema rapidita. I metodi utilizzati sono sempre piu promettenti ma non per questo meno complessi. Questo volume a stato scritto pensando agli internisti e agli specialisti in cardiologia per sostenerli nella scelta delle soluzioni terapeutiche, informandoli sui problemi specifici della stimolazione cardiaca. Oltre ai temi fondamentali della stimolazione cardiaca, la pubblicazione presenta dettagliatamente anche le nuove indicazioni alla stimolazione, i diversi tipi di pacemaker, le tecniche di impianto e le complicanze che ne possono derivare. E fornita inoltre una guida esauriente al follow-up del paziente; inoltre, l'estesa discussione sulle modalita di stimolazione e la loro applicazione permettono un approccio ragionato nella scelta personalizzata del pacemaker. Il volume e corredato da numerose immagini che, grazie a una grafica uniforme, facilitano la comprensione del testo."