Edited by some of the world's most experienced practitioners of cryoablation, this new book provides thorough, clinically relevant guidance to all aspects of this highly effective, extremely safe emergent technique for the treatment of atrial fibrillation and other cardiac arrhythmias. Self-assessment questions on the book's companion website will aid readers in mastering the sometimes complicated procedures outlined in the text. This book is a complete resource for any who wants to add cryoablation to their clinical repertoire.
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List of Contributors, vi Preface, viii Acknowledgments, ix About the Companion Website, x 1 Biophysical Principles and Properties of Cryoablation, 1 Jo Jo Hai and Hung-Fat Tse 2 Catheter Cryoablation for Pediatric Arrhythmias, 8 Kathryn K. Collins and George F. Van Hare 3 Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: What Have We Learned from Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation?, 18 Ruey J. Sung, Charlie Young, and Michael R. Lauer 4 Catheter Cryoablation for Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia, 36 Ngai-Yin Chan 5 Cryoballoon Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation, 47 Jurgen Vogt 6 Prevention of Phrenic Nerve Palsy during Cryoballoon Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation, 67 Marcin Kowalski 7 Linear Isthmus Ablation for Atrial Flutter: Catheter Cryoablation versus Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation, 82 Gregory K. Feld and Navinder Sawhney 8 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Accessory Pathways, 99 Ngai-Yin Chan 9 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Ventricular Arrhythmias, 113 Luigi Di Biase, Xue Yan, Pasquale Santangeli, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, David J. Burkhardt, and Andrea Natale 10 Catheter Cryoablation for the Treatment of Miscellaneous Arrhythmias, 120 Ngai-Yin Chan Index, 131
