Chapter 97 Surgery for Ventricular Arrhythmias John M. Miller, Yousuf Mahomed Introduction Cardiac tachyarrhythmias are a source of significant morbidity and mortality in the general population. Between 300,000 and 500,000…
Chapter 99 Interventional Device Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Heyder Omran Thromboembolism is the most feared complication in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF).1 The risk of embolism may vary from…
Chapter 72 Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death Iwona Cygankiewicz, Wojciech Zareba Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is defined as natural death from cardiac causes that occurs within 1 hour from…
Chapter 70 Provocative Testing for Arrhythmias Sebastian Clauss, Reza Wakili, Gerhard Steinbeck, Stefan Kääb Diagnosis of arrhythmia is based on the recordings and documentation of abnormal electrical activity in the…
Chapter 58 Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis and Management Stephan Zellerhoff, Günter Breithardt, Lars Eckardt Introduction and Classification Nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of cardiomyopathy. The hallmarks…
Chapter 26 Electrophysiological Evaluation of Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia Wendy Tzou, Frank Marchlinski Introduction Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is typically an ominous sign in the setting of structural heart disease. Its evolution…
Chapter 47 Sudden Cardiac Death Jacob S. Koruth, Conor D. Barrett, Vivek Reddy, Jeremy Ruskin Despite the significant decline in coronary artery disease (CAD)–related death over the last few decades…
Chapter 1 Basic Electrophysiological Procedures for the Clinician David S. Park, Glenn I. Fishman Over the past 50 years electrophysiologists have unraveled many of the molecular and cellular underpinnings of…
Chapter 43 Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia Demosthenes G. Katritsis, Wojciech Zareba, A. John Camm Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (NSVT) has been recognized as a usually asymptomatic rhythm disorder detected in an extremely…
Chapter 87 Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death with Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Jason A. Goebel, Michael R. Gold Introduction Sudden cardiac death (SCD) can be defined as…
