Cardiac Arrhythmias, Pacing & Electrophysiology: The Expert View

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Sinus Node Reentrant Tachycardia Versus Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia: Where Lies the Difference?....Pages 3-9
Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry; What Have We Learned from Ablation Techniques?....Pages 11-27
Severe Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation: Atrioventricular Junction Ablation and DDDR Mode-Switching Pacemaker Versus Pharmacological Treatment....Pages 29-34
Mechanisms of Drug Action in Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 35-42
Conclusions and Questions from Large Trials of Anticoagulants in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 43-48
Role of the Autonomic Nervous System in Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia after Myocardial Infarction....Pages 49-55
Does Assessment of Autonomic Tone Translate into New Therapeutic Approaches in Survivors of Myocardial Infarction?....Pages 57-60
Mechanisms of Ventricular Arrhythmias in Ischaemic Heart Disease....Pages 61-69
Basic Mechanisms of Vulnerability to Ventricular Fibrillation....Pages 71-76
Molecular and Electrophysiological Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 77-82
Risk Stratification in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy....Pages 83-88
Floppy Mitral Valve/Mitral Valve Prolapse: Cardiac Arrhythmias....Pages 89-95
Pathology of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathies, Dysplasia and Naxos Disease: Clinical, Pathological and Nosological Classification....Pages 97-104
Ventricular Arrhythmias in Hypertensives....Pages 105-108
The Value of Electrophysiological Testing in Diagnosis of Syncope in Post-infarction Patients, without Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias Detected in 24-hour ECG....Pages 109-112
Value of Different Mapping Strategies for Ventricular Tachycardia: Sinus Rhythm and Pace Mapping, Activation and Entrainment Mapping....Pages 113-120
The Madit Trial: What was Wrong?....Pages 121-124
Survival Analysis and Classification of Death in Patients under Antiarrhythmic Treatment....Pages 125-129
Quality of Life in Clinical Trials and Practice....Pages 131-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Heart Rate Variability in Vasovagal Syncope....Pages 143-150
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
The Role of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Techniques in Reducing Mortality in Postmyocardial Infarction Survivors....Pages 151-152
QT Prolongation and Proarrhythmia....Pages 153-154
QT Dispersion: Its Clinical Value....Pages 155-157
New Perspective in Non-Invasive Risk Factors....Pages 159-169
Spectral Analysis of Cardiovascular Variability Signals....Pages 171-183
Physiological Background of the Heart Rate Variability Spectral Components....Pages 185-191
Heart Rate Variability after Myocardial Infarction....Pages 193-198
Signal Averaging for Risk Stratification after Myocardial Infarction: Do New Technologies Improve its Predictive Value?....Pages 199-203
Artificial Neural Networks in Cardiology; A Review....Pages 205-211
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Radiofrequency Catheter Modification of Sinus Node Activity in Patients with Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia....Pages 215-222
Catheter Ablation Techniques for Elimination of Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 223-227
Atrioventricular Nodal Ablation and VVIR Pacing for Rate Control and Regularisation of the Ventricular Rhythm in Patients with Established Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 229-233
Ablation for Ventricular Tachycardia Related to Coronary Artery Disease....Pages 235-241
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Historical Perspectives on Cardioversion and Defibrillation....Pages 245-256
New Concepts in Electrical Defibrillation....Pages 257-263
Role of Implantable Atrial Defibrillators in the Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 265-270
Management of Atrial Fibrillation by Implantable Devices: From Electrophysiological Studies to Clinical Application....Pages 271-275
Design Concepts for Implantable Atrial Defibrillators....Pages 277-285
Criteria for Selection of Patients for Internal Atrial Defibrillator Implantations....Pages 287-290
Survival Benefits of Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillators in Different Groups of Patients....Pages 291-294
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Continuing Evolution of Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillators: Smaller Size, Longer Life, Improved Cost-Effectiveness....Pages 295-300
Prophylactic Implantation of the Implantable Defibrillator in Asymptomatic Patients....Pages 301-304
Prophylactic Implantation of Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillators in Post-Myocardial Infarction Patients....Pages 305-310
Muscle-Sparing Subpectoral Defibrillator Implantation....Pages 311-316
Follow-Up Techniques in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter/Defibrillators....Pages 317-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
The Features of a Paced Heart Beat....Pages 331-336
Clinical Evaluation of Chronotropic Incompetence: Implications for Rate-Adaptive Pacing....Pages 337-342
Indications for Permanent Antibradycardia Pacemakers. The Official Guidelines should be Revised....Pages 343-352
Regional Electromechanical Coupling During Ventricular Pacing....Pages 353-359
What Kind of Programming Gives the Optimal Performance in Rate-Response Ventricular Pacing....Pages 361-366
Atrial Septal Pacing: Synchronising the Atria....Pages 367-374
Automatic Mode Switching in DDD(R) Pacemakers: To Make Life Easier or More Complicated?....Pages 375-378
Neurohumoral Control of the Pacemaker and Heart System....Pages 379-388
Single-Lead VDD/DDD Pacing....Pages 389-398
Clinical Trials in Cardiac Pacing: Justification, Design, and Preliminary Results of the United States Trials....Pages 399-406
Can Pacing be More Physiological?....Pages 407-410
Improved Follow-Up Procedure....Pages 411-419
Development of a True Pacemaker Holter....Pages 421-426
Electromagnetic Interference in Current Implantable Devices....Pages 427-436
Potential Impact of Pacing in the Treatment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy....Pages 437-440
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Can Reliable Pacing be Achieved in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy with Normal Conduction?....Pages 441-449
AV Node Ablation and DDD Pacing in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy....Pages 451-458
Back Matter....Pages 459-471