Chapter 81 Clinical Application of New Antiarrhythmic Drugs for Atrial Fibrillation Gerald V. Naccarelli Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia requiring medical care. Oral antiarrhythmic drugs are…
Chapter 67 Clinical Use and Mechanistic Implications of Microvolt T-Wave Alternans and Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography Microvolt T-Wave Alternans Elizabeth S. Kaufman, Michael J. Cutler, David S. Rosenbaum Microvolt T-wave alternans (MTWA),…
Chapter 15 Principles of Catheter Ablation Ann C. Garlitski, Munther K. Homoud, N.A. Mark Estes, III Ablative therapy for cardiac arrhythmias is based on the rationale that for every arrhythmia,…
Chapter 53 Exercise-Induced Arrhythmias Senthil Kirubakaran, Jaswinder Gill Introduction Exercise-induced arrhythmias are defined as arrhythmias that occur during or shortly after exercise. The observation of this association was first made…
Chapter 98 Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation Anson M. Lee, Rochus K. Voeller, Ralph J. Damiano, Jr. Although atrial fibrillation (AF) is often regarded as an innocuous arrhythmia, it is…
Chapter 77 Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Pediatric Patients with and Without Congenital Heart Disease William J. Boney, Nandini Madan Overview of Pacemaker and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy The task…
Chapter 27 Electrophysiological Evaluation of Atrial Tachycardia and Atrial Flutter Andrew W. Teh, Jonathan M. Kalman Atrial Tachycardia Focal atrial tachycardia (AT) is the least common type of supraventricular tachycardia…
Chapter 61 Arrhythmias and Electrolyte Disorders Nabil El-Sherif, Gioia Turitto, Dionyssios Robotis Cardiac arrhythmias are an expression of the same fundamental electrophysiological principles that underlie the normal electrical behavior of…
Chapter 52 Proarrhythmia Syndromes Anne M. Gillis Proarrhythmia usually is defined as provocation of a new arrhythmia or aggravation of an existing arrhythmia during therapy with a drug at concentrations…
Chapter 45 Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation Without Structural Heart Disease Introduction, Mechanisms and Clinical PresentationSanjeev Saksena, Definition and Classification, Principles of PracticeKelley Anderson, Epidemiology, Clinical Electrophysiology, ManagementKelley Anderson, Sanjeev…
