The Essential Visual Guide to Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology

Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Visual Guide for Nurses, Techs, and Fellows, Second Edition fulfills the need of allied health personnel and new fellows for a practical, hands-on pictorial guide that clearly illustrates the essential concepts of clinical cardiac electrophysiology. More than 85 high-quality tracings, diagrams, fluoroscopic images, and electroanatomic maps, accompanied by detailed discussions of each image, offer a fundamental understanding of cardiac electrophysiology equipment, principles, and procedures:

• Catheter placement, hardware connections, and intracardiac signals

• Normal electrogram sequences associated with sinus rhythm

• Methodologies used to uncover the mechanisms of common clinical tachycardias

Authored by a team of experts, Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Visual Guide for Nurses, Techs, and Fellows, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for a complex technology, providing superb guidance in acclimating new trainees and personnel to the EP laboratory and empowering them with the knowledge and skills needed to practice clinical electrophysiology.

New to the Second Edition:

• A new unit—Cardiac Electrical Axis

• 16 video clips with a focus on electrogram sequences

• An illustrated glossary and abbreviations list

Paul D. Purves, BSc, RCVT, CEPS; Senior Electrophysiology Technologist , Cardiac Investigation Unit, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario, Canada

George J. Klein, MD, FRCP(C); Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Peter Leong-Sit, MD, FRCP(C); Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Raymond Yee, MD, FRCP(C); Professor of Medicine, Director, Arrhythmia Service, Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

Allan C. Skanes, MD, FRCP(C); Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

"Paul Purves is a unique EP technologist who has coupled his technical expertise and knowledge of EP with a passion for understanding the underpinnings of the study, and teaches what he knows to other technologists, nurses, and indeed physicians. He is a gifted teacher who has coordinated and assembled the collective wisdom of our team into this reader-friendly and unique visual guide to performing and understanding the arrhythmia study. It surpasses the needs of a simple introduction and will be useful to all levels of trainee who want to understand what is really going on and move to the next level." — George J. Klein, MD, FRCP(C), Cardiac Electrophysiology: A Visual Guide for Nurses, Techs, and Fellows, Second Edition

"This book aims to guide trainees and personnel working in the electrophysiology lab on the basics of cardiac electrophysiology studies. The book fulfills its purpose as a practical pictorial guide.This book offers great value for new trainees entering the world of electrophysiology studies and staff working in the EP lab." — Doody's Review Service