Table of Contents

Foreword, ix

List of Contributors, xi

Preface, xv

About the CompanionWebsite, xvii

Part 1: Introduction

1 History of Cardiac Pacing and Defibrillation in the Young, 3
Larry Rhodes and Robert Campbell

2 Clinically Relevant Basics of Pacing and Defibrillation, 12
Maully Shah and Erick Cuvillier

Part 2: Clinical Concepts

3 Indications for Permanent Pacing, Device, and Lead Selection, 37
Philip M. Chang, Christopher Carter, and Yaniv Bar-Cohen

4 Indications for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy, Device, and Lead Selection, 62
Mitchell I. Cohen and Susan P. Etheridge

5 Hemodynamics of Pacing and Cardiac ResynchronizationTherapy (CRT) for the Failing Left and Right Ventricle, 91
Kara S. Motonaga and Anne M. Dubin

6 Sensor Driven Pacing: Ideal Characteristics in Pediatrics, 118
David Bradley and Peter S. Fischbach

7 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Testing in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease, 123
Elizabeth A. Stephenson and Charles I. Berul

Part 3: Implantation Techniques

8 Permanent Transvenous Pacemaker, CRT, and ICD Implantation in the Structurally Normal Heart, 133
Akash R. Patel and Steven Fishberger

9 Permanent Pacemaker, CRT, and ICD Implantation in Congenital Heart Disease, 147
Ian Law and Nicholas H. Von Bergen

10 Permanent Epicardial Pacing:When, How, andWhy? 163
Larry Rhodes and Maully Shah

11 Managing Device Related Complications and Lead Extraction, 172
Avi Fischer and Barry Love

12 Temporary Pacing in Children, 195
Anjan S. Batra and Ilana Zeltser

Part 4: Device Programming and Follow-Up

13 Pacemaker and ICD Programming in Congenital Heart Disease, 211
Jonathan Kaltman and Jeffrey Moak

14 Pacemaker Troubleshooting and Follow-Up, 231
Ronn E. Tanel and Frank Zimmerman

15 ICD Troubleshooting and Follow-Up, 252
Steven Fishberger and Maully Shah

16 CRT device Programming and Optimization, 271
Anoop Singh and Seshadri Balaji

17 Implantable Syncope and Arrhythmia Monitors, and Automated External Defibrillators, 280
John R. Phillips and Pamela S. Ro

18 Electromagnetic Interference and Implantable Devices, 294
Karen Smoots and R. Lee Vogel

19 Quality of Life, Sports, and Implantable Devices in the Young, 302
Elizabeth Saarel

20 Device Innovations and the Future of DeviceTherapy for Arrhythmia and Heart Failure Management, 308
Michael P. Carboni and Ronald J. Kanter

Glossary, 322

About the Author

Maully Shah, M.B.B.S, F.A.C.C, F.H.R.S, C.C.D.S, C.E.P.S
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics,
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA 

Larry Rhodes, M.D.           
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center
Professor of Pediatrics
West Virginia Univeristy
Morgantown, WV, USA 

Jonathan R. Kaltman, MD
Chief, Heart Development and Structural Disease Branch,
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD, USA