Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1
Epidemiology, Classification, and Clinical Impact of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation (Pages: 1-45)
John A. Camm MD Amin Al-Ahmad MD David S. Cannom MD Jeronimo Farré MD Mark E. Josephson MD Hein J. J. Wellens MD
CHAPTER 2
Anatomy of Right/Left Ventricles and Surrounding Structures in Health and Disease (Pages: 46-65)
Hugh Calkins MD Siew Yen Ho MD Cristina Basso MD Damian Sánchez-Quintana MD Allard C. Van der Wal MD
CHAPTER 3
Pathophysiology and Mechanisms of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation (Pages: 66-78)
Etienne Aliot MD Jesus Almendral MD Aldo Bonso MD Peng-Sheng Chen MD Domenico Corrado MD Yoshito Iesaka MD Andrew Wit MD
CHAPTER 4
Electrocardiogram Features of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation as Expression of the Underlying Mechanisms and Site of Origin (Pages: 79-87)
Josep Brugada MD Paolo Della Bella MD Antonio Berruezo MD Frank Bogun MD Melvin M. Scheinman MD Christian Wolpert MD
CHAPTER 5
Pre- and Intraprocedural Management (Pages: 88-97)
Karl H. Kuck MD Kalyanam Shivkumar MD Chi K. Ching MD Andrea Corrado MD Wyn D. Davies MD
CHAPTER 6
Mapping Methods for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation (Pages: 98-116)
William G. Stevenson MD David Callans MD Andrea d'Avila MD Hans Kottkamp MD Eduardo Sosa MD Yan Yao MD
CHAPTER 7
Imaging Tools, Energy Sources and Catheters for Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation Ablation (Pages: 117-131)
Vivek Y. Reddy MD Gerhard Hindricks MD Warren M. Jackman MD Javier E. S´nchez MD Richard J. Schilling MD
CHAPTER 8
Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients with Structural Heart Disease: Techniques and Results (Pages: 132-182)
Francis Marchlinski MD Sakis Themistoclakis MD Dave J. Burkhardt MD Eduardo Saad MD Jaspir Sra MD Claudio Tondo MD
CHAPTER 9
Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients without Structural Heart Disease: Techniques and Results (Pages: 183-204)
Michel Haïssaguerre MD Riccardo Cappato MD Pedro Brugada MD Etienne Delacrétaz MD Henri Hsia MD
CHAPTER 10
Acute and Periprocedural Complications (Pages: 205-218)
David Wilber MD Kyoko Soejima MD Young H. Kim MD Antonio Rossillo MD Rodolfo Ventura MD
CHAPTER 11
Post-Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation Follow-Up Management (Pages: 219-226)
Jeremy N. Ruskin MD Atul Verma MD Martin Borggrefe MD Martin J. Schalij MD Robert A. Schweikert MD
CHAPTER 12
Surgical Ablation (Pages: 227-236)
Ottavio Alfieri MD Gerard M. Guiraudon MD Roberto De Ponti MD James R. Edgerton MD Domenico Mangino MD
CHAPTER 13
Indications to Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation Ablation and Hybrid Therapy (Pages: 237-257)
Eric N. Prystowsky MD Günter Breithardt MD Stuart J. Connolly MD Josef Kautzner MD Chu-Pak Lau MD Benzy Padanilam MD
CHAPTER 14
Future Tools and Treatment Options for Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation (Pages: 258-272)
Douglas L. Packer MD Mauricio Scanavacca MD Christian de Chillou MD Sabine Ernst MD Hiroshi Nakagawa MD