Hands-On Ablation: The Experts' Approach, Third Edition

Editors: Amin Al-Ahmad, MD; David Callans, MD; Henry H. Hsia, MD; Andrea Natale, MD; Oscar Oseroff, MD; Paul J. Wang, MD

Product Details:
Publication Date: December 2022
ISBN: 9781942909408
eISBN: 9781942909439
Trim Size: 8.5 X 11 inches
765 pages, full color interior
Format: Paperback and eBook set; eBook

Clinically valuable approaches for the effective diagnosis and ablation of cardiac arrhythmias.

Five years after the publication of the second edition, this updated and expanded Hands-On Ablation, The Experts' Approach, Third Edition is a comprehensive book that gives an inside look at leading electrophysiology labs throughout the world and provides the reader with useful information and tips for ablation procedures directly from the experts themselves.

• Fourteen new chapters cover subjects such as wire mapping of ventricular premature beats, alcohol ablation, and pulsed field ablation.

• Each chapter highlights the practical knowledge of the expert author with a specific procedure for ablation of arrhythmias.

• “Hands-on” detail helps translate new ideas and innovations into practice for the most state-of-the-art patient care.

• A valuable reference for every electrophysiology lab to help differentiate diagnostic challenges.

• Fully illustrated with over 160 videos and more than 580 figures.

Purchase of this book includes online access to full text, figures, and videos.

Editors

AMIN AL-AHMAD MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas
DAVID J. CALLANS MD
University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
HENRY H. HSIA MD
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
ANDREA NATALE MD
Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center, Austin, Texas
OSCAR OSEROFF MD
Bazterrica Clinic, Buenos Aires, Argentina
PAUL J. WANG MD
Stanford University, Stanford, California

Preface to the Third edition of Hands-On Ablation:

Over the last several years, advances have been made to the technologies, techniques, and basic understanding of treating cardiac rhythm disorders. These advances have led to improvements in patient safety and outcomes. In the last two editions of this textbook, we have focused on practical aspects of ablation procedures and illustrated the use of technologies and techniques by many leading experts in the field.

The third edition of this textbook is no different. We use a “how-to” approach to bring to the reader different techniques for ablation of arrhythmias, ranging from supraventricular tachycardias to atrial fibrillation and ventricular arrhythmias. New chapters such as wire mapping of ventricular premature beats or alcohol ablation bring the latest advances to the reader in a useful format with illustrations and videos. 

Our goal continues to be providing the reader with practical knowledge and tips and tricks that previously could only be obtained by directly observing expert electrophysiologists.

We hope that practicing electrophysiologists, trainees in electrophysiology, allied professionals, and industry partners will benefit from our textbook and use it as an educational resource.

- The Editors

From the Foreword

“The editors and a highly qualified list of contributing authors have created what may well be the most comprehensive and practical guide to catheter ablation techniques currently available to clinical cardiac electrophysiologists.”   - Jeremy N. Ruskin, MD

Table of Contents

Section I: Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia

1 How to Rapidly Diagnose Supraventricular Tachycardia in the Electrophysiology Lab
Nishant Verma; Luis F. Couchonnal; Bradley P. Knight

2 How to Ablate Typical and Reverse Atrial Flutter
Jeffrey Y. Lin; Mintu P. Turakhia; John C. Evans

3 How to Ablate Reentrant Atrial Tachycardia Postcardiac Surgery
Gurukripa N. Kowlgi; Fatima M. Ezzeddine; Walid Barake; Malini Madhavan; Samuel J. Asirvatham

4 The Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia
Patrick M. Heck; Peter M. Kistler; Andrew W. Teh; Jonathan M. Kalman

5 How to Ablate Atrial Tachycardias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
John K. Triedman

6 How to Perform Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation for AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia
Paul J. Wang; Zhongwei Cheng; Scott R. Ceresnak

7 Ablation of Left Lateral Accessory Pathways
Jack Z. Li; Abram Mozes; Mohamed Al Jaabari; Mark S. Link; Ann C. Garlitski; Jonathan Weinstock; Munther Homoud; N. A. Mark Estes

8 Catheter Ablation of Accessory Pathways
Hiroshi Nakagawa; Deborah Lockwood; Ayman Hussein; Warren M. Jackman

9 Right-Sided Accessory
Anne M. Dubin

10 How to Diagnose, Map, and Ablate AVRT Due to Atriofascicular Pathways
Babak Nazer; David S. Kwon; Melvin M. Scheinman

11 How to Ablate Accessory Pathways in Patients with Ebstein’s Anomaly
Christina Y. Miyake

12 Thoracoscopic Ablation of Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia and Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Carlo de Asmundis; Gian-Battista Chierchia; Kenneth Frazier; Mark La Meir

Section II: Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

13 How to Perform a Transseptal Puncture
Gregory E. Supple; David J. Callans

14 How to Utilize Intracardiac Echocardiography for Optimal Safety and Efficacy with Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Mathew D. Hutchinson

15 How to Perform Pulmonary Vein Antral Isolation for Atrial Fibrillation
Carola Gianni; Marco V. Perez; Amin Al-Ahmad; Andrea Natale

16 How to Ablate Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation Using a Stepwise Approach: The Natale Approach
Luigi Di Biase; Jorge E. Romero; Isabella Alviz; Carola Gianni; Domenico G. Della Rocca; Pasquale Santangeli; Andrea Natale

17 How to Use Balloon Cryoablation Catheter Systems for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Wilber W. Su; Paul J. Wang

18 How to Perform Balloon-Based Radiofrequency Ablation
Carola Gianni; Qiong Chen; Domenico G. Della Rocca; Uğur Canpolat; Hüseyin Ayhan; Andrea Natale; Amin Al-Ahmad

19 How to Use the Laser Balloon Catheter for Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
Boris Schmid; Stefano Bordignon; Shaojie Chen; Shota Tohoku; Fabrizio Bologna; KR Julian Chun

20 How to Use a Radiofrequency Hot Balloon for Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation
Hiro Yamasaki

21 How to Perform Ethanol Ablation of the Vein of Marshall
Adi Lador; Miguel Valderrábano

22 Diagnosis and Ablation of Atrial Tachycardias Arising in the Context of Atrial Fibrillation Ablation
F. Daniel Ramirez; Nicolas Derval; Thomas Pambrun; Mélèze Hocini; Frédéric Sacher; Amir S. Jadidi; Ashok J. Shah; Michel Haïssaguerre; Pierre Jaïs

23 How to Perform 3D Entrainment Mapping to Treat Post–Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Atrial Tachycardia
Philipp Sommer; Christopher Piorkowski; Gerhard Hindricks

24 How to Use Electroanatomic Mapping to Rapidly Diagnose and Treat Post–Atrial Fibrillation Atrial Tachycardia
Aman Chugh

25 How to Perform a Hybrid Surgical Endocardial and Epicardial Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Mark La Meir; Bart Maesen; Laurent Pison; Gian-Battista Chierchia; Carlo de Asmundis

26 How to Perform Accurate Image Registration with Electroanatomic Mapping Systems
Francesco Perna; Moussa Mansour

27 How to Perform Atrial Fibrillation Ablation without the Use of Fluoroscopy
Rodney P. Horton; Carola Gianni; Andrea Natale

28 How to Perform Cryoablation without Fluoroscopy
Hany Demo; Cameron Willoughby; Mohammad-Ali Jazayeri; Mansour Razminia

29 How to Perform Electroporation Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
Rahul Bhardwaj; Vivek Y. Reddy; Jacob Koruth

30 How to Perform High-Power, Short-Duration Ablation for Paroxysmal and Persistent Atrial Fibrillation
Jorge E. Romero; Juan Carlos Diaz; Isabella Alviz; Andrea Natale; Luigi Di Biase

Section III: Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

31 How to Localize VT Using a 12-Lead ECG
Hicham El Masry; John M. Miller

32 How to Diagnose and Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia from the Outflow Tract and Aortic Cusps
Takumi Yamada; G. Neal Kay

33 How to Diagnose and Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia from the Papillary Muscles
Matthew C. Hyman; Jeffrey P. Gordon; Gregory E. Supple

34 How to Ablate Non-Outflow Right Ventricular Tachycardia
Jason S. Bradfield; Fermin C. Garcia; Luis C. Sáenz; Shumpei Mori; Kalyanam Shivkumar

35 How to Map and Ablate Parahisian Ventricular Arrhythmias
Andres Enriquez; Fermin C. Garcia

36 How to Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia from the Left Ventricular Summit
Daniele Muser; Jackson J. Liang; Pasquale Santangeli

37 How to Perform Coronary Venous Mapping for Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias
Naga Venkata K. Pothineni; Fermin C. Garcia

38 How to Diagnose and Ablate Fascicular Ventricular Tachycardia
Frederick T. Han; Nitish Badhwar

39 How to Map and Ablate Hemodynamically Tolerated Ventricular Tachycardias
Henry H. Hsia; David G. Rosenthal

40 How to Map and Ablate Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia: The University of Colorado and University of Pennsylvania Approach
Wendy S. Tzou; Francis E. Marchlinski

41 Approach to Mapping and Ablating Unstable Ventricular Tachycardia
Usha B. Tedrow; Paul C. Zei; William G. Stevenson

42 How to Map and Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia Using Delayed Potential in Sinus Rhythm
Eduardo Castellanos; Jesús M. Almendral; Carlos De Diego

43 How to Utilize Electroanatomic Mapping to Identify Critical Channels for Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Henry H. Hsia

44 How to Use ICE to Aid in Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia
Marc W. Deyell; Mathew D. Hutchinson; David J. Callans

45 Image-Guided Premature Ventricular Contraction and Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Kenneth Quadros; Usha B. Tedrow; Sanjay Divakaran; Paul C. Zei

46 How to Perform the Epicardial Access
Cristiano F. Pisani; Sissy Lara de Melo; Carina A. Hardy; Muhieddine Chokr; Eduardo Sosa; Mauricio I. Scanavacca

47 How to Ablate Ventricular Arrhythmias Using Retrograde Coronary Venous Ethanol Ablation
Liliana Tavares; Miguel Valderrábano

48 How to Perform Epicardial Ablation in Postcardiac Surgery Patients
Sheldon M. Singh; Arash Aryana; Andre d’Avila

49 How to Perform Endocardial/Epicardial Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation
Jorge E. Romero; J. David Burkhardt; Isabella Alviz; Carola Gianni; Matthew Dare; Domenico G. Della Rocca; Sanghamitra Mohanty; Pasquale Santangeli; Andrea Natale; Luigi Di Biase

50 How to Ablate Ventricular Fibrillation Arising from the Structurally Normal Heart
Ghassen Cheniti; Clémentine André; Ruairidh Martin; Ashok J. Shah; Shinsuke Miyazaki;  Mélèze Hocini; Michel Haïssaguerre

51 How to Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease
Katja Zeppenfeld

52 Mapping and Catheter Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Akiko Ueda; Kyoko Soejima

53 How to Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with ArrhythmogenicRight Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia
Victor Bazan; Fermin C. Garcia

54 How to Ablate Ventricular Tachycardia/Ventricular Fibrillation in Patients with the Brugada Syndrome
Frédéric Sacher; Mélèze Hocini; Ruairidh Martin; Gregoire Massoulie; Arnaud Denis; Arnaud Chaumeil; Thomas Pambrun; Nicolas Derval; Pierre Jaïs; Michel Haïssaguerre

55 How to Perform Surgical Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation in a Hybrid Lab
Roderick Tung

56 How to Use Pace Mapping to Identify the Critical Isthmus with or without Inducible VT
Jean-Marc Sellal; Athanasios Kordalis; Darren A. Hooks; Isabelle Magnin-Poull; Christian de Chillou

57 How to Ablate Scar-Related Ventricular Tachycardia Using Isochronal Late Activation Mapping
Zaid Aziz; Roderick Tung

58 How to Use Ventricular Assist Devices to Facilitate Ablation of Hemodynamically Unstable VT
Mahmoud Bokhari; Chandrasekar Palaniswamy; Marc A. Miller; Vivek Y. Reddy; Srinivas R. Dukkipati

59 How to Perform Bipolar Ablation
Pierre C. Qian; William H. Sauer

Section IV: Miscellaneous Procedures

60 How to Implant Watchman Devices
Sarina A. van der Zee; Srinivas R. Dukkipati; Shephal K. Doshi

61 How to Close the Left Atrial Appendage Using Endocardial and Epicardial Approach
Ghulam Murtaza; Mohit K. Turagam; Venkat Vuddanda; Mohammad-Ali Jazayeri; Donita Atkins; Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy

62 How to Perform Pulsed Field Ablation Utilizing a Multipolar Catheter
Domenico G. Della Rocca; Michele Magnocavallo; Carola Gianni; Amin Al-Ahmad; Gian-Battista Chierchia; Carlo de Asmundis; Andrea Natale