Basic Principles in Clinical Electrophysiology What is Normal and What is Not A thorough understanding of normal cardiac electrophysiology is necessary to accurately identify abnormalities. This chapter will define what…
The Basic Electrophysiology Study The basic electrophysiologic (EP) investigation involves the placement of recording catheters in standard locations in the heart. Catheters with multiple (4 to 10) platinum electrodes through…
Mechanism of Tachycardias Most cardiac arrhythmias can be described as abnormalities of impulse formation, impulse conduction, or a combination of both. For example, the ventricular premature complex (VPC) which initiates…
Cellular Electrophysiology The action potential (AP) is the fundamental electrophysiologic event in cardiac cells. The coordinated flux of ions into and out of the cardiac cell forms the basis for…
Anatomy in Clinical Electrophysiology An understanding of cardiac anatomy is essential to the diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias. This knowledge is required to allow recording of normal and abnormal electrical…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mauro Moscucci Sara L. Warber Keith D. Aaronson Complementary and alternative medical (CAM) therapies can be defined as medical interventions that are currently not an integral…
Management of the Cardiac Surgery Patient David B. S. Dyke Richard L. Prager Kim A. Eagle THE EVOLUTION OF PROCEDURES. CARE SYSTEMS. TECHNOLOGY. AND EXPECTATIONS The history of coronary artery…
Assessing and Minimizing Cardiac Risk of Noncardiac Surgery Wei C. Lau Hitinder Gurm Kim A. Eagle More than 40 million people will undergo noncardiac surgical procedures in the United States…
Congenital Heart Disease in Adults Timothy B. Cotts Julie A. Kovach Albert P. Rocchini Edward L. Bove More than 1 million adults in the United States currently have congenital heart…
Management of Prolonged Anticoagulation James B. Froehlich William P. Fay MECHANISM OF ACTION OF WARFARIN Several new antithrombotic drugs have been introduced into clinical practice over the past 20-year period….
