Practical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Section A: Introduction and Basics of Cardiac Electrophysiology

• Electrophysiology Study: Indications, Hardware and Set-up, Catheter Placement
• Electrophysiology Study-Technical Details, Electrograms, Noise and Filtering
• Measurements of Basic Intervals, Refractory Periods and Programmed Electrical Stimulation
• Sinus Node Function Evaluation and Abnormalities
• Atrioventricular Conduction and Block

Section B: Fundamentals of Cardiac Anatomy, Imaging, Mapping and Ablation

• Cardiac Anatomy for Electrophysiologists
• Imaging in Cardiac Electrophysiology
• Conventional Mapping Techniques-Fundamentals
• Three-dimensional Mapping of Cardiac Arrhythmias: Techniques, Principles and Application
• Radiofrequency Ablation-Principles and Biophysics
• Non-Radiofrequency Sources of Ablation

Section C: Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias-AV Node-depedent Tachycardias

• Basic Supraventricular Tachycardia Study-Approach
• Supraventricular Tachycardias: Baseline Features during Sinus Rhythm and Tachycardia
• Ventricular Pacing Maneuvers for Diagnosis of Supraventricular Tachycardia
• Supraventricular Tachycardia: Atrial Pacing Maneuvers
• Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: Classification, Electrophysiological Features, and Ablation
• Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Atrioventricular Accessory Pathway-related Arrhythmias: Localization, Mapping and Ablation
• Mahaim Fiber Accessory Pathways and Other Variants of Preexcitation
• Junctional Tachycardia

Section D: Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias- Atrial Tachycardia, Flutter and Fibrillation

• Focal Atrial Tachycardia and its Differentiation from Macroreentrant Atrial Tachycardia
• Atrial Flutter: Classification, Mechanisms and Management
• Atrial Fibrillation-Classification and Mechanisms of Initiation and Maintenance
• AF Ablation: Pulmonary Vein Isolation Techniques, Strategies and Principles
• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation-Substrate Modification and Other Strategies
• AV Junction Ablation for Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Fibrillation Ablation: Clinical Studies, Efficacy and Complications
• Surgical Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease and Post Cardiac Surgery

Section E: Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias

• Introduction to Ventricular Arrhythmias-Premature beats, Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia, and Fibrillation
• Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia: Mechanisms and Etiology
• Ventricular Tachycardia in Ischemic and Non-ischemic Cardiomyopathy- Reentrant Circuits, Mapping Techniques and Ablation Strategies
• Ventricular Tachycardia in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia/Cardiomyopathy
• Ventricular Tachycardia in Specific Cardiomyopathies - Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis
• Idiopathic Left Ventricular Tachycardia
• Idiopathic Outflow Tract Ventricular Tachycardia
• Idiopathic Ventricular Tachycardia from the Mitral Annulus, Papillary Muscles and Other Sites
• Bundle Branch Reentry: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Management
• J Wave Syndromes
• Early Repolarization Syndrome and Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death
•  Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation-Mechanisms and Management Strategies
• Ventricular Arrhythmia Storm-Etiology, Mechanisms and Management

Section F: Miscellaneous

• Entrainment: Principles and Clinical Applications
• Wide QRS Complex Tachycardia: An Electrophysiologic Approach
• Provocative Drug Testing in the Electrophysiology Lab
• Catheter Ablation in Children
• Epicardial Ablation: Techniques and Applications