Fig. 7.1 Six (limb) lead electrocardiogram (top three and bottom three tracings) with an esophageal bipolar lead recording (middle tracing), all at paper speed of 100 mm/s, in a 2-month-old…
Fig. 12.1 Resolution of MAT. Fifty percent of patients (indicated by broken line) were free of arrhythmia 5 months after diagnosis. The dotted line indicates a 95 % confidence interval….
Figure 7.1 Algorithm to determine VT vs. SVT by Brugada et al. [2] (Used with permission) Figure 7.2 Algorithm to determine VT vs SVT with aberrancy by criteria developed in…
Figure 4.1 Surface ECG morphologies from a patient with WPW in different situations. (a) Sinus rhythm with subtle preexcitation, (b) Preexcitation maximized by slow atrial pacing plus adenosine, (c) Preexcitation…
Patient characteristic Better candidate Worse candidate Symptoms Highly symptomatic Asymptomatic Failed Class I or III antiarrhythmic drugs >1 0 AF classification Paroxysmal Long standing persistent Age at time of ablation…
Figure 2.1 Age in years One of the most interested yet challenging features regarding the management of syncope is the diverse range of significance of a syncopal episode. Syncope can…
Figure 3.1 ECG of AVNRT. Notice retrograde P waves forming a pseudo S pattern in several leads This short RP tachycardia involves a reentry mechanism within the AV node and…
Figure 5.1 Typical atrial flutter EKG. Notice classic “saw tooth” p waves in inferior leads, and positive p waves in V1 and V2 Mechanisms of Atrial Flutter Atrial flutter can…
Figure 1.1 (a–e) Three dimensional reconstruction using CARTO (Biosense-Webster) of the RA showing sinus rhythm impulse propagation represented by the red wavefront as it spreads across the right atrium from…
Figure 8.1 Suggested risk stratification for life threatening cardiac events in non- genotyped patients with the long QT syndrome. ACA aborted cardiac arrest, KM Kaplan Meier, SCD sudden cardiac death….
