Advances in Noninvasive Electrocardiographic Monitoring Techniques

Front Matter....Pages i-xxii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cardiovascular Molecular Genetics....Pages 3-17
Dilated Cardiomyopathy and Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia: From Gene to Phenotype....Pages 19-26
Heart Failure: From Gene to Therapy....Pages 27-38
Autonomic Nervous System: Physiology and Pathophysiology....Pages 41-49
Methods to Assess Baroreflex Sensitivity as a Measure of the Activity of the Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 51-57
Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Cardiovascular Diseases....Pages 59-68
Therapeutical Options to Influence the Autonomic Nervous System....Pages 69-86
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
The Signal Averaged P-Wave....Pages 89-97
Wenckebach Pattern of Ventricular Late Potentials....Pages 99-107
Detection of QRS-Variability....Pages 109-119
QT-Dispersion: Role in Clinical Decision Making....Pages 123-130
Dynamic QT-Interval Analysis....Pages 131-141
QT-Variability: Clinical Results and Prognostic Significance....Pages 143-153
Heart Rate Dependency of QT-Interval in Congenital and Acquired Prolonged Ventricular Repolarization: Long-Term Analysis by Holter Monitoring....Pages 155-160
Modern Approaches to Assessment of Ventricular Repolarisation....Pages 163-175
Dynamicity of T-Wave Alternans: Measurement and Role in Sudden Cardiac Death....Pages 177-189
Macrovolt T-Wave Alternans: Pathophysiology and Link With Repolarization Dispersion....Pages 191-199
T-Wave Alternans and Variability: Prognostic, Diagnostic, and Therapeutic Implications....Pages 201-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Non-Invasive Quantification/Localization of Myocardial Ischemia....Pages 211-215
Ambulatory ECG, Myocardial Ischemia and Risk Stratification....Pages 217-222
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Post Thrombolysis/Post PTCA-Monitoring....Pages 223-231
Interactive Holter-Monitoring of Transient Ischemic Episodes....Pages 233-238
Silent Ischemia: The 1998 Status: New Observations on Triggers, Pathophysiological Mechanisms and Circadian Variations....Pages 239-245
Circadian Variation in Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction....Pages 247-261
Chronopharmacology — Implications for Diagnosis and Treatment....Pages 263-278
Beta Blockers Following Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 279-281
The United States Multicenter Study of Enhanced External Counterpulsation (MUST-EECP)....Pages 283-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Heart rate Variability: A Simple Methodology with Several Unrecognised Technical and Methodological Problems....Pages 289-295
Quality Control and Standardization: High Resolution ECG....Pages 297-302
Diagnosis of Myocardial Viability: Contribution of the ECG....Pages 305-316
Exercise Testing for Risk Stratification....Pages 317-329
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing: Cardiovascular and Respiratory Limitations Detected by Exercise Gas Exchange....Pages 331-339
White-Coat Hypertension: State of the Art....Pages 343-349
Should Antihypertensive Treatment be Guided by Casual Measurement or Trough ABPM ?....Pages 351-358
Non-invasive Pulse Wave Velocity as a Method to Evaluate Physical Properties of the Large Arteries in Aging and Hypertension....Pages 359-370
Pronostic Implications of Blood Pressure Variability....Pages 371-379
Magnetocardiographic Technology: State of the Art....Pages 383-392
Ischemia and Hibernation in Magnetocardiography....Pages 393-400
Magnetocardiography at the Turn of the Millenium....Pages 401-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Methods of Non-Linear Dynamics....Pages 413-420
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Heart Rate Variability and Nonlinear Dynamics....Pages 421-428
Symbolic Dynamics....Pages 429-437
Neural Classification in High-Resolution ECG Signal Processing....Pages 441-452
Cardiovascular System Identification....Pages 453-461
Maximum Likelihood Analysis in ECG Signal Processing....Pages 463-469
What can Cardiac Computer Models Tell Us About Arrhythmogenesis?....Pages 471-480
Back Matter....Pages 481-498