Cardiac Pacing: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Introduction....Pages 1-1
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
The Sinoatrial Node Function....Pages 5-11
Clinical Aspects of the Sick Sinus Syndrome....Pages 12-24
The Significance of the Sinus Node Recovery Time in the Sick Sinus Syndrome....Pages 25-32
Premature Atrial Stimulation for Evaluation of Sinoatrial Conduction in Man....Pages 33-44
Sinus Node Recovery Time and Sinoatrial Conduction Time....Pages 45-57
The Influence of Drugs on Sinoatrial Conduction Time in Man....Pages 58-72
Evaluation of Suction Electrode Recording....Pages 73-79
The Recording of the Human Right Atrial Monophasic Action Potential....Pages 80-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Contributions of Intracardiac Electrography to the Understanding of Normal and Disturbed AV Conduction....Pages 87-98
Clinical Significance of AV Conduction Disturbances....Pages 99-110
Fascicular Block Patterns — Observations on Differential Diagnosis....Pages 111-118
AV Nodal Tachycardias....Pages 119-131
Drug Effects on AV Conduction....Pages 132-141
Split His....Pages 142-151
Atrioventricular (AV) and Ventriculoatrial (VA) Conduction Pattern in Patients with Short P — R Interval and Normal QRS Complex....Pages 152-163
The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome....Pages 164-171
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
An in vitro Model of Circulating Excitation in the Absence of an Anatomic Obstacle....Pages 175-184
Clinical and Electrocardiographic Features of Supraventricular and Ventricular Tachycardias....Pages 185-193
Reentry Mechanism Within the His-Purkinje-System in Man During Extrasystolic Stimulation of the Right Ventricle....Pages 194-204
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Patient Initiated Rapid Atrial Pacing to Manage Supraventricular Tachycardia....Pages 205-211
Fundamentals of Orthorhythmic Pacing....Pages 212-218
Orthorhythmic Stimulation and Endocardial Detection as a Diagnostic Tool....Pages 219-226
The Use of Programmed Rate-Related Premature Stimulation in Managing Tachyarrhythmias....Pages 227-234
Future Aspects of Cardiac Pacing....Pages 235-240
Back Matter....Pages 241-245