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…
Arrhythmias Associated with Congenital Heart Disease
Chapter 78 Arrhythmias Associated with Congenital Heart Disease George F. Van Hare In patients with congenital heart disease, the management of cardiac arrhythmias poses many challenges for the clinician. The…
Electrical Therapy for Bradycardia: Future Directions
Chapter 38 Electrical Therapy for Bradycardia Future Directions Fred Kusumoto, Nora Goldschlager Since its introduction more than a half century ago, progressive improvements in technology have led to the dramatic…
Atrioventricular Block
Chapter 40 Atrioventricular Block Epidemiology: Nora Goldschlager, Anatomy: Siew Yen Ho, Basic Electrophysiology: Ralph Lazzara, Diagnostic Techniques: Gerald Naccarelli, Evidence-Based Therapy: Fred Kusumoto, Nora Goldschlager In 1852, Stannius noted that…
Electrophysiological Evaluation of Ventricular Fibrillation
Chapter 25 Electrophysiological Evaluation of Ventricular Fibrillation Matthew Wright, Frederic Sacher, Michel Haïssaguerre Introduction Sudden cardiac arrest accounts for between 300,000 and 400,000 deaths in the United States alone each…
