Cardiac Arrhythmias: Mechanisms, Pathophysiology, and Treatment (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789535112211)

This book is useful for physicians taking care of patients with cardiac arrhythmias and includes six chapters written by experts in their field. Chapter 1 discusses basic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias. Chapter 2 discusses the chronobiological aspects of the impact of apnoic episodes on ventricular arrhythmias. Chapter 3 discusses navigation, detection, and tracking during cardiac ablation interventions. Chapter 4 discusses epidemiology and pathophysiology of ventricular arrhythmias in several noncardiac diseases, methods used to assess arrhythmia risk, and their association with long-term outcomes. Chapter 5 discusses the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias including indications for implantation of an AICD for primary and for secondary prevention in patients with and without congestive heart failure. Chapter 6 discusses surgical management of atrial fibrillation.

Author: Wilbert S. Aronow
ISBN-10: 953511221X
ISBN-13: 9789535112211
Publisher: Intechopen
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2014
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.44d