About this ebook
Structured with clarity and depth, the book walks the reader through all essential components—from indications, patient selection, and vascular access techniques, to troubleshooting pacing failures and transitioning to permanent solutions. The content is rooted in contemporary evidence and shaped by real-world clinical experience, making it an essential reference for cardiologists, internists, intensivists, electrophysiologists, cardiac surgeons, and trainees.
Key Features:
- Comprehensive Stepwise Approach: Covers all forms of temporary pacing—transvenous, transcutaneous, and epicardial—with clear clinical protocols and procedural tips.
- Essential Decision Flowcharts: Features decision-making algorithms and clinical flowcharts for rapid bedside reference in acute scenarios, such as bradyarrhythmia emergencies or pacing failure.
- Expertly Designed Tables: present interactions, differential diagnoses, pacemaker modes, and complication management in a quick-access format.
- Complications and Troubleshooting: Dedicated chapters on managing lead dislodgement, infection, failure to pace/sense/capture, and temporary-to-permanent transition strategies.
- Post-Pacing Considerations: Guidance on monitoring, weaning, and criteria for escalation to permanent pacing or device implantation.
- Practical Pearls: Clinical tips and “red flags” highlighted throughout to improve procedural safety and patient outcomes.
This book is tailored to be both a learning resource for trainees and a practical manual for bedside clinicians, enriched with visuals, checklists, and tools for immediate application in high-stakes cardiac care environments.
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About the author
Dr. Taha Othmane, MD, PhD, FRCP, is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant Cardiologist with over two decades of clinical and academic experience in cardiovascular medicine. With a subspecialty focus on heart failure, hypertension, cardiac imaging, and arterial stiffness, he is known for his deep commitment to advancing both clinical care and medical education.
As the lead investigator in heart failure research, Dr. Othmane has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications and books that have informed both bedside practice and academic discourse. He is a regular international speaker at cardiology and hypertension forums, where he shares insights from his ongoing work and innovations in non-invasive diagnostics.
Driven by a passion to bridge the gap between theory and clinical practice, Dr. Othmane writes with a focus on clarity, practicality, and clinical applicability. His books provide practical frameworks, real-world guidance, and evidence-based insights—making them indispensable tools for physicians, trainees, and researchers alike.
His ongoing research includes the development of novel echocardiographic prognostic parameters, particularly for the nuanced and underdiagnosed forms of heart failure—including those in the diagnostic "grey zone"—as well as investigations into the role of arterial stiffness as a key predictor of cardiovascular mortality and disease progression.
