Advances in Heart Electrotherapy

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Research & information: general; 2D speckle-tracking echocardiography; cardiac amyloidosis; cardiac implantable electronic devices; cardiac laceration/vascular tear; cardiac resynchronization therapy; cardiac/vascular wall tear; catheter ablation; clinical cases; dyssynchrony; electrophysiological study mapping; epicardial fluid; global longitudinal strain; heart failure; His bundle pacing; implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; lead extraction complexity; lead extraction complications; lead extraction-related major complications; lead-related venous obstruction; left atrial volume; long-term survival; mapping; minor and major complications; R on T phenomenon; RSPI; strain pattern; subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; sudden cardiac death; transesophageal echocardiography; transvenous lead extraction; tricuspid valve damage; tricuspid valve dysfunction; vegetations; ventricular arrhythmia; ventricular fibrillation; ventricular synchrony; worsening tricuspid regurgitation
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 The introduction of permanent cardiac pacing in the late 1950s began the era of cardiac electrotherapy. In the 1980s, implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) were introduced. These advances created new challenges for cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs). Right ventricular pacing was the primary breakthrough; however, over the years, it has become apparent that it can induce cardiac contraction dyssynchrony. Biventricular pacing allowed for the alleviation of dyssynchrony and improved the survival of patients with heart failure and bundle branch block. In recent decades, His bundle pacing has become a new strategy for physiological ventricular activation. However, the use of CIEDs carries several risks, e.g., complications related to transvenous leads. This led to the development of percutaneous lead extraction techniques as well as the introduction of a subcutaneous ICD (S-ICD) and leadless pacing. Technological evolution promises an exciting future in the development of cardiac electrotherapy.In this Special Issue, readers can find out about the clinical and hemodynamic aspects of right ventricular, His bundle, and biventricular pacing; ICD therapy; treatment of complications and technological advances in cardiac electrotherapy.