Description
The second edition of Clinical Arrhythmology provides a fresh, clear, and authoritative overview that will guide readers from a solid understanding of the mechanisms behind cardiac arrhythmias – which is fundamental to their identification – to diagnosis via electrocardiograms and other tools, to specific management options for each of the arrhythmias that cardiologists and other clinicians will encounter in clinical practice. With numerous illustrations simplifying concepts, this updated edition provides a practical and easily referable resource. Providing a thorough overview of clinical arrhythmology this title is designed to help general clinical cardiologists and trainees in the fields of clinical cardiology and electrophysiology to achieve the competency they need for clinical practice or for further specialization in the topics covered in the book.
- Organized in a clear, intuitive manner; introducing the reader to an understanding of the anatomical and electrophysiological bases of arrhythmias, then to a comprehensive review of how to diagnose the full range of rhythmic abnormalities, and then to a discussion of specific clinical syndromes in which arrhythmias play a part
- Highly illustrated chapters ensure key concepts are simpler to understand
- Detailed appendices provide quick reference values for diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, pharmacotherapeutic agents, and recommendations
This book provides general clinical cardiologists and fellows in cardiology and electrophysiology; electrophysiologists with an ideal resource for understanding clinical arrhythmias and providing optimal patient care.
Chapter
The Importance of Clinical History and Physical Examination in Diagnosis and Assessment of Arrhythmias (Bellet, 1969; Knoebel et al., 1993; Recommended General Bibliography p. xvii)
The Importance of Surface ECG and Other Techniques
Chapter 2 Anatomic and Electrophysiologic Basis
Electrophysiologic Characteristics (Hofman and Cranefield, 1960; Paes de Carvalho and Hofman, 1966; Markus et al., 1998; Issa et al., 2012; Recommended General Bibliography p. xvii)
Chapter 3 Electrophysiologic Mechanisms
Mechanisms Responsible for Active Cardiac Arrhythmias
Mechanisms Leading to Passive Arrhythmias
Part II Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Arrhythmias
Chapter 4 Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias
Premature Supraventricular Complexes
Junctional Reentrant (Reciprocating) Tachycardia
AV Junctional Tachycardia Due to Ectopic Focus
Chaotic Atrial Tachycardia
Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias and Atrial Wave Morphology: Monomorphic and Polymorphic Morphology
Differential Diagnosis of Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias with Regular RR Intervals and Narrow QRS
Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of the Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias: a Sequential Approach
Chapter 5 Active Ventricular Arrhythmias
Premature Ventricular Complexes
Chapter 6 Passive Arrhythmias
Escape Complex and Escape Rhythm
Sinus Bradycardia due to Sinus Automaticity Depression
The Pacemaker Electrocardiography
Clinical, Prognostic, and Therapeutic Implications of Passive Arrhythmias
Chapter 7 Analytical Study of an Arrhythmia
Determining the Presence of a Dominant Rhythm
Atrioventricular Relationship Analysis
Premature Complex Analysis
Analysis of the P Wave and QRS‐T Complexes of Variable Morphology
Repetitive Arrhythmias Analysis: Bigeminal Rhythm
Differential Diagnosis Between Several Arrhythmias in Special Situations
Part III The ECG and Risk of Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Different Heart Diseases and Situations
Chapter 8 Ventricular Pre-Excitation
Concept and Types of Pre-Excitation
WPW-type Pre-Excitation (Type 1)
Short PR Interval Pre-Excitation
Chapter 9 Inherited Heart Diseases
Specific Conduction System Involvement: Lenegre Syndrome
Ionic Channel Disorders in the Absence of Apparent Structural Heart Disease: Channelopathies
Chapter 10 Other ECG Patterns of Risk
Third-Degree (Advanced) Interatrial Block
High-Risk Ventricular Block
Advanced Atrioventricular Block
The Presence of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Chronic Heart Disease Patients
Other Electrocardiographic Patterns of Risk for Sudden Death
Early Repolarization (ER) Pattern (J Wave) and Sudden Death
Risk of Serious Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Patients with Normal or Nearly Normal ECG
Chapter 11 Arrhythmias in Different Heart Diseases and Situations
Hypertensive Heart Disease
Sudden Death in Other Heart Diseases
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
Sudden Death in Apparently Healthy People
Calculationof Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value
Classification of the Recommendations for Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures and Level of Evidence (AHA/ESC/ACC Guidelines)
Clinical Arrhythmology
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