Huang's Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias

Shoei K. Stephen Huang, MD, FACC, FAHA, FHRS, Professor Emeritus and Former Professor of Medicine with Tenure, Texas A&M University Health Science Center; Former Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Baylor-Scott & White Health, Temple, Texas Kalyanam Shivkumar, MD, who contributed to the current edition, is a well known and distinguished professor and electrophysiologist. He has been Director of the Cardiac Arrhythmia Center and Cardiac Catheterization Lab as well as the electrophysiology fellowship program at UCLA Medical Center for many years. He is also currently editor-in-chief of JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, a well respected Elsevier/JACC cardiology journal. Dr Shivkumar will replace John Miller, MD who will retire from this edition.

• PART 1 Fundamental Concepts of Transcatheter Energy Delivery1. Biophysics and Pathophysiology of Radiofrequency Lesion Formation,2. Biophysics and Clinical Applications of Cryoablation3. Biophysics and Clinical Applications of Laser Ablation4. Biophysics and Clinical Applications of Pulsed-Field Ablation5. Contemporary Irrigated Radiofrequency Catheter AblationPART 2 Cardiac Mapping and Imaging6. Cardiac Anatomy for Catheter Mapping and Ablation of Arrhythmias7. Fundamentals of Intracardiac Mapping8. Fundamentals of Catheter Three-Dimensional Mapping Systems9. High-Resolution Three-Dimensional Mapping Systems10. Intracardiac Echocardiography, Computed Cardiac Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Guiding Mapping and AblationPART 3 Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardias and Flutter11. Ablation of Focal Atrial Tachycardias12. Ablation of Cavotricuspid Isthmus-Dependent Atrial Flutters13. Ablation of Non-Isthmus-Dependent Flutters and Atrial Macroreentry14. Ablation of Atrial Flutter/Tachycardia in Congenital Heart DiseasePART 4 Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation15. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Radiofrequency Energy Ablation Technologies16. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using the Cryoballoon Catheter17. Pulmonary Vein Isolation Using Pulsed-Field Ablation or Laser Balloon18. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Initiated by Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggers19. Substrate-Based Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation20. Ablation of Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation21. Epicardial and Endocardial Hybrid Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation22. Ablation Strategies for Persistent and Long-Standing Persistent Atrial FibrillationPART 5 Catheter Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia and the Atrioventricular Junction23. Ablation of Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia and Focal Junctional Tachycardia24. Ablation of Challenging/Difficult Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia25. Ablation/Modification of Atrioventricular Junction for Heart Rate Control of Permanent Atrial FibrillationPART 6 Catheter Ablation of Accessory Atrioventricular Connections26. Ablation of Free Wall Accessory Pathways27. Ablation of Posteroseptal Accessory Pathways28. Catheter Ablation of Superoparaseptal (“Anteroseptal”) and Midseptal Accessory Pathways29. Ablation of Atriofascicular Accessory Pathways and Variants30. Ablation of Challenging/Difficult Accessory PathwaysPART 7 Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardias31. Ablation of Ventricular Outflow Tract Tachycardias32. Ablation of Idiopathic Left and Right Ventricular and Fascicular Tachycardias33. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Coronary Artery Disease34. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy35. Ablation of Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia and Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation36. Substrate-Based Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia37. Epicardial Approach to Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia38. Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease39. Ablation of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Brugada Syndrome40. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy41. Hybrid Approaches for Catheter Ablation of Ventricular TachycardiaPART 8 Miscellaneous Topics42. Complications Associated With Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias43. Atrial Transseptal Catheterization44. Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Pediatric Population

"The book is a comprehensive source of updated fundamental and clinically useful information for the cardiac mapping and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias and is a valuable tool for cardiology fellows, electrophysiology trainees, practicing clinicians, other healthcare providers, or any professional interested in cardiac mapping and ablation technologies. The editors and authors have met their objectives" ©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, Josue Villegas-Galaviz, MD (East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine), Doody’s Score: 100 - 5 Stars!