Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias in Children and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

Edward P. Walsh, MD, is currently the Associate Chief of Cardiology for Clinical Affairs, and Division Chief for Cardiac Electrophysiology at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and the LJ Sloss Professor of Cardiology. George F. Van Hare, MD, is currently Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, and also serves as a Medical Officer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Cardiovascular Devices. Paul Khairy, MD, PhD, is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal, the André Chagnon Research Chair in Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Scientific Director of the Montreal Heart Institute Adult Congenital Centre, and Director of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research at the Montreal Health Innovations Coordinating Centre (MHICC).Mohammad Shenasa, MD, is Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, Heart & Rhythm Medical Group in Monte Sereno, California and Department of Cardiovascular Services, O’Connor Hospital in San Jose, California.

• PART I: Introductory Concepts1. Development and Morphologic Aspects of the Cardiac Conduction System in Normal Hearts and Congenital Heart Defects 2. Tachycardia Mechanisms in Children with Normal Hearts and in Patients of all Ages with Congenital Heart DefectsEdward P. Walsh and Audrey Dionne3. Physical Principles of Catheter Ablation4. Indications for Catheter Ablation in Infants, Children, and Patients with Congenital Heart Disease5. Cardiac Mapping and Imaging in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart DiseasePART II: Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias in Young Patients With Structurally Normal Hearts6. Automatic Atrial and Junctional Ectopic Tachycardia 7. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia8. Accessory Pathways (Atrioventricular pathways and other abnormal connections)9. Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation in Young Patients with Normal HeartsPART III: Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease10. Overview of Supraventricular Tachycardias in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease 11. Atrial and Ventricular Septal Defects12. Catheter Ablation in Atrioventricular Septal Defects 13. Ebstein’s Anomaly14. Catheter Ablation of Atrial Tachycardia in Tetralogy of Fallot and Double Outlet Right Ventricle15. Transposition of the Great Vessels with Mustard / Senning Repair16. Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Tachycardia in Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries17. Heterotaxy Syndrome and Twin AV node Tachycardia 18. Catheter Ablation in Univentricular Hearts following Fontan ProcedurePART VI: Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Disease19. Ventricular Arrhythmias in Patients with Structurally Normal Hearts 20. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia in Congenital Heart Disease21. Role of Interventional Procedures in Channelopathies: Catheter Ablation and SympathectomyPART V: Miscellaneous Topics22. Technical Refinements for Catheter Ablation in Young / Small Children23. Technical Refinements for Ablation in Adults with Complex Vascular and Intracardiac Anatomy, Including Difficult Transseptal Access24. Minimizing Radiation Exposure During Ablation in Young Patients25. Sedation and Anesthesia in Patients Undergoing Catheter Ablation26. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Electrophysiologist’s Prospective27. Surgery for Arrhythmia Management in Congenital Heart Disease: The Surgeon’s Prospective28. The Real World: Cost Considerations According to Geographic Location29. Future Directions