(1) Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Synopsis In many industrialized countries including the US cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the…
(1) Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Synopsis Sudden cardiac death (SCD), also labeled as primary cardiac arrest (PCA) is generally defined…
(1) Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA Synopsis The relatively high prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) and the associated impaired quality of…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy Introduction The tachyarrhythmias comprise a variety of disorders ranging from isolated ectopic beats to repetitive arrhythmias arising in the atria or ventricles….
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy General Considerations Reductions in blood flow (and consequently the oxygen supply) to the myocardium can cause transient or permanent damage (ischemia and…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy Introduction The excitation-conduction system of the heart is controlled by the sinoatrial (SA) node, which is located in the right atrium, near…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy General Considerations The heart has the capacity to contract regularly following the delivery of an appropriate electrical stimulus (i.e., adequate in both…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy Intraventricular Conduction Delays: General Principles For a review of the anatomy of the His-Purkinje network, see Chap. 1. Bundle-branch blocks (BBBs) and…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy Atrial Abnormalities General Considerations In the past, P-wave anomalies associated with cardiac chamber hypertrophy have been referred to with a variety of…
(1) Ospedale Civile di Vigevano, Vigevano, Italy Drug-Induced Changes A number of cardioactive drugs can cause changes in the electrocardiogram (ECG), the antiarrhythmic agents in particular. The most important…
