Signal Averaged Electrocardiography: Concepts, Methods and Applications

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The signal averaged ECG: a historical perspective....Pages 3-10
Pathophysiology of late potentials....Pages 11-28
Electrophysiological mechanisms of reentrant ventricular tachyarrhythmias....Pages 29-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
The methods of recording and analysis of the signal averaged ECG....Pages 49-68
The vector magnitude, time domain analysis and standards for late potentials....Pages 69-80
Frequency domain analysis....Pages 81-123
Spectrotemporal mapping of the surface ECG for detection of ventricular late potentials....Pages 125-136
Spectral turbulence analysis....Pages 137-149
Body surface mapping of late potentials....Pages 151-171
Twenty-four hour analysis for late potential activity: method and implications....Pages 173-183
Beat-by-beat recording of high resolution ECG: technical considerations....Pages 185-201
Importance of noise reduction for signal averaged electrocardiography....Pages 203-220
Reproducibility and variation in assessing late potentials....Pages 221-248
Front Matter....Pages 249-249
The signal averaged ECG in the detection of sinus atrial abnormalities....Pages 251-266
Clinical significance of high resolution electrocardiography — sinus node, His bundle and ventricular late potentials....Pages 267-295
The role of signal averaged ECG in detecting tachycardias....Pages 297-307
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The signal averaged ECG in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia in the setting of coronary artery disease....Pages 311-326
The signal averaged ECG in patients with cardiomyopathy....Pages 327-343
The signal averaged ECG in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia and no evidence of heart disease....Pages 345-364
The effect of myocardial resection on the signal averaged ECG....Pages 365-379
Front Matter....Pages 309-309
The signal averaged ECG in patients with bundle branch block....Pages 381-388
The signal averaged ECG in the diagnosis of syncope....Pages 389-398
Front Matter....Pages 399-399
Use of the signal averaged ECG in the management of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia....Pages 401-411
Role of the signal averaged ECG in patients without coronary artery disease and nonsustained ventricular tachycardia....Pages 413-431
The signal averaged ECG in patients with nonsustained ventricular tachycardia — a perspective....Pages 433-440
Front Matter....Pages 441-441
Natural history of late potentials after myocardial infarction....Pages 443-457
Risk stratification post myocardial infarction identification of patients at high risk of sudden cardiac death....Pages 459-468
The effect of reperfusion on the signal averaged ECG....Pages 469-476
Modulating effect of ischemia on late potentials....Pages 477-482
Front Matter....Pages 483-483
The signal averaged ECG in detecting coronary artery disease....Pages 485-517
Assessment of risk of ventricular arrhythmias and value of signal averaged electrocardiography in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy....Pages 519-525
The effect of antiarrhythmic drugs on the signal averaged ECG. Does it predict response to therapy?....Pages 527-548
Spectral analysis of the surface ECG for noninvasive detection of acute rejection after heart transplantation....Pages 549-560
Electrical alternans of the surface ECG: detection methods and relation to arrhythmia vulnerability....Pages 561-576
Back Matter....Pages 577-583