Overview

This revised edition provides up-to-date comprehensive coverage of the rapidly evolving field of clinical cardiac electrophysiology. It is designed for physicians, cardiologists, cardiac electrophysiologists, and allied professionals practising or learning the speciality of clinical cardiac electrophysiology. The book offers a cohesive and comprehensive summary of the principles and practice of clinical cardiac electrophysiology. The authors emphasize the clinical approach to the patient and provide a fundamental, yet thorough discussion of the primary therapeutic modalities used today in a state-of-the-art electrophysiology laboratory, including the latest pharmacotherapy options, catheter ablation treatment, and the newest implantable devices. The authors provide the reader with a concise, organized discussion of the management of patients with benign to life-threatening arrhythmias using the newest concepts, equipment, and techniques of diagnostic and therapeutic electrophysiology.

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Author:   Ruey J. Sung ,  M.R. Lauer
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2000 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.717kg
ISBN:  

9780792365594

ISBN 10:   0792365593
Pages:   804
Publication Date:   31 October 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface. Acknowledgments. Functional Anatomy and Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias. Basic Principles of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology. Principles of Pharmacotherapy and Antiarrhythmic Drugs. Principles of Electrode Catheter Ablation. Principles of Pacemaker Therapy. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy. Diagnosis and Acute Management of Patients with Symptomatic Bradyarrhythmias. Diagnosis and Acute Management of Patients with Symptomatic Tachyarrhythmias. Disturbances of Sinoatrial Node Function. Disturbances of Atrioventricular Conduction. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia. Ventricular Preexcitation Syndromes: The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome and Variants. Atrial Tachycardias and Atrial Flutter. Atrial Fibrillation. The Spectrum of Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia. Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia and Long Qt Syndromes. Ventricular Fibrillation and Sudden Cardiac Death. Index.

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