Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cardiac anatomy, physiology, electrophysiology and pharmacology / Linda K. Ottoboni, Aimee Lee, and Paul Zei -- Diagnostic testing for the arrhythmia patient / Angela Tsiperfal, Paul J. Wang, and Amin Al-Ahmad -- AVNRT, AVRT, and atrial tachycardia: diagnosis and treatment / Traci Buescher and Samuel J. Asirvatham -- Atrial fibrillation and flutter: diagnosis and treatment / Salwa Beheiry, Amin Al-Ahmad, and Andrea Natale -- Ventricular tachycardia associated with cardiomyopathies, diagnosis and treatment / Kelly Cook and Henry Hsia -- Ventricular tachycardia in structurally normal hearts / Katie Morganti and Richard H. Hongo -- Basics of pacing and defibrillation: indications and components / Kimberly Scheibly -- Device implantation and perioperative care / Melanie Marshall and Munther K. Homoud -- Pacemaker timing cycles, programming and troubleshooting / Christine Chiu, Anders Nygren, and Laura De Souza -- Cardiac resynchronization therapy / Melanie Turco Gura and William R. Lewis

ICD follow-up and troubleshooting / by Julie B. Shea and Laurence M. Epstein -- Pacemaker and ICD follow up / Laurie Racenet -- Family matters: research and clinical management of psychosocial issues for ICD patients and ICD partners / Samuel F. Sears ... [et al.] -- Management of device recalls / Charles L. Witherell -- Device evaluation in special circumstances / Lynne D. Foreman and Deepak Bhakta -- Diagnosis and management of syncope / Beverly L. Karabin and Blair P. Grubb -- Sudden cardiac death / Steven C. Hao and Katie Morganti -- Care of the pediatric patient with a device / Debra Hanisch -- Care of the pediatric patient with SVT / Kelly Collardey and David J. Bradley -- EP mapping system technologies / Craig A. Swygman and D. Randolph Jones -- Procedural sedation in the electrophysiology lab / Salwa Beheiry -- Ethical issues in cardiac electrophysiology practice: a guide for clinicians / Paul S. Mueller.