Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death
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…
Provocative Testing for Arrhythmias
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…
Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Diagnosis and Management
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…
Electrophysiological Evaluation of Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia
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…
Sudden Cardiac Death
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…
Basic Electrophysiological Procedures for the Clinician
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…
Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia
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…
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death with Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
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…
Curative Catheter Ablation for Supraventricular Tachycardia: Techniques and Indications
Chapter 93 Curative Catheter Ablation for Supraventricular Tachycardia Techniques and Indications Dipen Shah The current popularity of radiofrequency (RF) catheter ablation is, in large part, attributed to its contribution to…
Arrhythmias in Coronary Artery Disease
Chapter 57 Arrhythmias in Coronary Artery Disease Alexandru B. Chicos, Alan H. Kadish Other than hypertensive heart disease, coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of structural heart…
