Contributors -- Foreword -- 1 The epidemiology of heart failure and commonly associated conduction disorders -- 2 Comprehensive pharmacologic management strategies for heart failure -- 3 Electrical activation sequence -- 4 Myocardial mechano-energetics -- 5 Assessment of electrical and mechanical dyssynchrony: conventional echocardiography -- 6 Newer echocardiographic techniques for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization therapy -- 7 Value of non-echocardiographic imaging techniques in cardiac resynchronization therapy -- 8 Programming and diagnostic features of cardiac resynchronization therapy devices -- 9 Anatomy of the coronary sinus -- 10 Techniques for visualizing the coronary sinus and coronary venous anatomy -- 11 Implantation techniques for cardiac resynchronization therapy -- 12 Surgical approaches to epicardial left ventricular lead implantation for biventricular pacing -- 13 Remote navigation implantation technique -- 14 Clinical trials supporting current indications for CRT -- 15 Trials of CRT in atrial fibrillation and atrial rhythm management issues -- 16 Ongoing trials to further shape the future of CRT -- 17 Consideration of CRT in the pediatric population -- 18 Importance of the surface electrocardiogram for the assessment of cardiac resynchronization -- 19 Troubleshooting -- 20 Optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy -- 21 Management strategies for patients not responding to CRT -- 22 Device-based monitoring and lung impedance -- 23 Device-based patient management -- 24 Health economics -- Index.