Cardiac pacing and defibrillation; principle and practice.9787117090674 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation Defibrillation Definition Defibrillation is a process in which an electronic device sends an electric shock to the heart to stop an extremely rapid, irregular heartbeat, and restore the normal heart rhythm. ; principle and practice. Lu, Fei and David G. Benditt. People's Medical Publishing House 2008 719 pages $69.95 Hardcover RC684 Lu and Benditt (cardiac electrophysiology Cardiac electrophysiology is the science of the mechanisms, functions, and performance of the electrical activities of specific regions of the heart. This term is usually used in describing studies of such phenomena by invasive (intracardiac) recording of spontaneous activity as and cardiovascular medicine, U. of Minnesota School of Medicine) present a text on the principles and practices of cardiac pacing and defibrillation written by and for implanting and follow-up physicians, those in training, and device engineers in the US and UK. The text contains 35 chapters on basic and clinical cardiac electrophysiology Cardiac Electrophysiology (also referred to as clinical cardiac electrophysiology , Arrhythmia Services , or electrophysiology), is a branch of the medical specialty of cardiology/cardiac surgery concerned with the study and treatment of rhythm disorders of the , cardiac pacing for brachycardia, defibrillation, physiological pacing and cardiac resynchronization therapy, anesthesia, implantation implantation /im·plan·ta·tion/ (im?plan-ta´shun) 1. attachment of the blastocyst to the epithelial lining of the uterus, its penetration through the epithelium, and, in humans, its embedding in the stratum compactum of the , remote management, and other topics. No index is provided. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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