Review
The audience includes anyone directly involved with electrophysiology. While this book probably is most useful for general cardiology and electrophysiology fellows, it is also designed for electrophysiology technicians, electrophysiology and pacing nurses, pacemaker and ablation field representatives and engineers. It can be used by anyone who wants a better understanding of electrophysiology tracings and fundamental concepts.
The book examines and explains essential concepts in the field of electrophysiology through clinical scenarios and sample tracings. Each case begins with a short clinical vignette, multiple-choice questions, and either an electrocardiogram, intracardiac tracing, or device tracing. This is followed by the answer and a detailed explanation of the concept. With 60 cases, the authors do a good job of covering a wide variety of topics. The quality of the pictures and diagrams is outstanding.
This well-illustrated, case-based approach to understanding fundamental concepts in electrophysiology will be useful to anyone directly involved in the field. -- --Doody Review by Arthur Menezes, MD(Ochsner Clinic Foundation)
About the Author
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD
Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, is Director of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Chairman of Cardiology at the Pauley Heart Center, and Kontos Endowed Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University's Medical College of Virginia. Among the world's leaders in electrophysiology and pacing, he has published close to 400 scientific reports and book chapters and is an invited lecturer around the world. Dr. Ellenbogen is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the Council on Clinical Cardiology, and the Council on Circulation. He has served as Chairman of the American Heart Association's Committee on Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias, Education Committee of the Heart Rhythm Society, President of the Richmond American Heart Association, and Director of the Cardiology Advisory Board for the Veterans Administration medical system.
Roderick H. Tung, M.D.
Los Angeles, California
Prabal K. Guha, M.D.
Florence, South Carolina
Jeanine Leffler, BSN, RN
Richmond, Virgina
Kevin D. Oakeson, MS
Boston, Massachusetts
