Lucian Muresan - Clinical Cases in Cardiac Electrophysiology: Supraventricular Arrhythmias: Volume 1

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The field of interventional treatment of cardiac arrhythmias is continuously expanding. New diagnostic and therapeutic techniques are developed every year, improving our understanding and capabilities of offering better treatment options to our patients. In this regard, reading and learning remains a crucial step in keeping up with this rapidly evolving field.

This volume is a collection of 20 cases of supraventricular arrhythmias treated with catheter ablation, which we hope that our readers will find interesting. All these ablation procedures were guided by an electro-anatomical mapping system, some of them exclusively, some of them with the additional help of fluoroscopy. Our team strongly believes in the concept of zero-fluoroscopy procedures and, where this was possible to achieve, it was done so.

This book was created from the very beginning with a strong learning purpose. In this regard, each of the 20 cases contains a short presentation of the clinical context, relevant paraclinical examinations, and several multiple-choice questions related to the arrhythmia presented. The electrophysiological study and the catheter ablation procedure are then described, with additional questions addressed to the reader along the way. At the end, answers to the questions are provided, followed by a short commentary of the case, with comments and references to related articles from the literature. The most important aspects to be kept in mind are stressed out at the end of each presentation.

We hope that the readers will appreciate the format of the book and most importantly, that there will be something to learn for each of them, which will be able to improve their knowledge and most importantly, patients care.

We would like to address our very warm and special thanks to our dear colleagues: Dr. Jorge Aventin, Dr. Gokhan Bodur, Dr. Narcisa Bors, Dr. Alexandrina Calatan, Dr. Jean-Pierre Chemouny, Dr. Claudine Cordier, Dr. Paul Klero de Rosbo, Dr. Daniel Franck, Dr. Stphane Greciano, Dr. Francis Homatter, Dr. Jean-Ren Kieny, Dr. Patricia Magnus, Dr. Alvaro Pereira Zenklusen, Dr. John Philippe, Dr. Pedro Rodriguez, Dr. Olivier Roth, Dr. Elena Rugina, Dr. Antoine Wuillermin, Dr. Jean-Julien Stolz, Dr. Jean-Marie Reinbold, to our wonderful nurses: Catherine Paulus, Galle Meyer, Jocelyne Scheibel, Sabine Bruckert, Elodie Gaullard, Natacha Meyer, Marie Ribstein, and to our hard-working radiology technicians: Anne Maresca, Michal Wittiche, Anne Pelloux Gervais, Julie Welter, Marion Giannipatrani, Franoise Furstenberger, and Valrie Luttenauer, whose dedication and implication in the patients care made a significant difference. Without their effort, this project would have never been possible. Thank you!