Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy

By Cheuk-man Yu

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is a relatively new therapy for heart failure patients, which involves the use of pacemaker or defibrillator devices to manage heart failure. It is a unique therapy that involves not only electrophysiologists, but also echo experts and heart failure specialists. Over the last 3 decades the prevalence of heart failure has been steadily increasing and it is now one of the most common medical problems encountered in the medical ward, ER and in cardiology practice, therefore management of heart failure is one of the current focuses of hospital and outpatient practice. The purpose of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy is to provide not only basic knowledge, but also an up-to-date summary of new advances and evolution in the topic of CRT for heart failure. Since CRT is a new therapy, which still undergoes rapidly advancement, it is imperative to provide rapid updates in key issues.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405142820
• ISBN13: 9781405142823
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.9" x 7.4"