The Role of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist

The Role of the Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist in the Management of Congestive Heart Failure

This volume is dedicated to topics of great interest to clinicians at the various levels of training. This textbook gives a flavor of the expanding role of the electrophysiologist in the management of an ever-expanding patient population. 

Various chapters describing the use of biventricular pacing devices (CRT) in the management of patients suffering from systolic heart failure are included, with a chapter dedicated to management of CRT. A chapter describing the role of CRT in patients with Chagas disease is included. 
Authors describe the newer pharmaceuticals in the management of this disease and the role of catheter ablation in the management of atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias. 

Contents
Preface
1 Role of New Therapies in Reducing Mortality and Major Morbidity in Patients with Systolic Heart Failure 
2 Sympathetic Blockade for Dysrhythmia Management in Heart Failure: Rationale and Therapeutic Progression to Intervention 
3 The Impact of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in the Treatment of Heart Failure 
4 Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Advanced Heart Failure: Predictors of Response and Optimization of Therapy 
5 Utility of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices in Patients with Chagas Disease and Systolic Heart Failure 
6 Transcatheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure 
7 Role of the Electrophysiologist in the Treatment of Tachycardia-Induced Cardiomyopathy 
8 Impact of Thyroid Disease on Heart Failure