Chapter 92 Three-Dimensional Cardiac Mapping Techniques in Catheter Ablation Oliver R. Segal, Nick W.F. Linton, Louisa Malcolm-Lawes, D. Wyn Davies Introduction The development of intracardiac mapping was based on the…
Chapter 73 Arrhythmias During Pregnancy Thomas Adam Burkart, Jamie Beth Conti Cardiac arrhythmias during pregnancy, although not a routine problem, are not uncommon. Fortunately, life-threatening tachyarrhythmias in women of childbearing…
Chapter 96 Advances in Catheter Ablation of Primary Ventricular Fibrillation Isabelle Nault, Sébastien Knecht, Frédéric Sacher, Nicolas Derval, Amir Jadidi, Andrei Forclaz, Matthew Wright, Shisuke Myazaki, Mélèze Hocini, Pierre Jaïs,…
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 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…
