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…
Chapter 50 Arrhythmias in Women Anne B. Curtis, Abel Rivero Introduction It is well recognized that significant gender-related differences exist in the clinical presentation, course, and prognosis of many cardiovascular…
Chapter 71 Head-up Tilt-Table Test Satish R. Raj, Robert S. Sheldon Definition of the Head-up Tilt-Table Test The head-up tilt-table test (HUTT) is simply a method of subjecting patients to…
Chapter 65 Genetic Diseases Catecholaminergic Ventricular Tachycardia Marina Cerrone, Carlo Napolitano, Silvia G. Priori Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is one of the most malignant inherited arrhythmogenic diseases, with a…
Chapter 59 Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy Alison R. Muir, Perry M. Elliott Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), also known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD), is a genetically determined disease…
Chapter 16 Ablation Technologies and Delivery Systems Paul J. Wang Catheter ablation has been predominantly performed with a single electrode radiofrequency (RF) catheter–based system, with or without cooling; however, a…
Chapter 39 Sinus Node Dysfunction Nora Goldschlager, Fred Kusumoto, Siew Yen Ho, Ralph Lazzara, Gerald Naccarelli In the early 1900s, Keith and Flack identified the sinus node as the region…
Chapter 49 Asymptomatic Electrocardiogram Abnormalities Raymond W. Sy, Allan C. Skanes, George J. Klein Introduction Electrocardiographic abnormalities frequently appear in patients undergoing Holter monitoring or electrocardiography in the context of…
