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Cardiac Fibrillation-Defibrillation : Clinical and Engineering Aspects / Max E. Valentinuzzi

Author
Valentinuzzi, Max E., 1932-
Published
New Jersey : World Scientific, [2011]
Copyright Date
©2011
Physical Description
1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : illustrations, portraits
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English.
Contents
1. Fibrillation. 1.1. Definition. 1.2. Mechanisms. 1.3. Causes. 1.4. Types of fibrillation. 1.5. Clinical and surgical significance. 1.6. Fibrillation variables. 1.7. Electrical Fibrillation Thresholds (EFTs). 1.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 2. Defibrillation. 2.1. Definition and early developments. 2.2. Chemical defibrillation. 2.3. Electrical defibrillation. 2.4. Defibrillation variables, thresholds, and concept of dose. 2.5. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). 2.6. Cardioversion or atrial defibrillation. 2.7. Are there other methods? Ablation. 2.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 3. Defibrillators. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Characterization. 3.3. Pacemakers. 3.4. Defibrillator analyzers. 3.5. Conclusions and review questions -- 4. Ventricular fibrillation detection. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Algorithms for the detection of Ventricular Fibrillation (VF). 4.3. Discussion. 4.4. Conclusions and review questions -- 5. Electrodes and pastes. 5.1. Introduction. 5.2. Electrode/tissue impedance and the biological load impedance. 5.3. Electrode types. 5.4. Pastes. 5.5. Failures. 5.6. Conclusions and review questions -- 6. Safety and efficacy. 6.1. Introduction. 6.2. Safety levels : Patient, operator, and equipment. 6.3. Isolation. 6.4. Electromagnetic Interference (EMI). 6.5. Standards. 6.6. Pain. 6.7. Efficacy. 6.8. Conclusions and review questions -- 7. Theoretical models. 7.1. Introduction. 7.2. Non-linear microscopic models of cardiac dynamics. 7.3. Non-linear dynamics and the onset of fibrillation. 7.4. Extended models and connection with sustained fibrillation. 7.5. Statistical analysis. 7.6. Discussion. 7.7. Conclusions and review questions -- 8. Final discussion, overall conclusions, and looking ahead.
Summary
This compendium gives a comprehensive overview of the advances in fibrillation-defibrillation knowledge - recognition of fibrillation as a unique life threatening cardiac arrhythmia; discovery of the electric discharge in its double role of culprit and savior; and technological improved contributions. The book stands on the well-known philosophy of Education-Based on Problems (or EBP), that is, take fibrillation as a medical daily problem and search for that knowledge, technique or principle trying to solve it. The book is interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary. It addresses undergraduate and graduate biomedical engineering students, physicians going into cardiology, clinical engineers and clinical engineering technicians, nurses, paramedics and emergency medical personnel.
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9789814293648 (electronic bk.)
9814293644 (electronic bk.)
1283144212
9781283144216
9786613144218
6613144215
9789814293631
9814293636
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-267) and index.
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