Atlas of Electrophysiology in Heart Failure

by Shivkumar, Kalyanam, M.D., Ph.D.; Weiss, James N., M.D.; Fonarow, Gregg C., M.D.; Narula, Jagat

• ISBN13: 9781573402255
• ISBN10: 1573402257
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-12
• Publisher: Current Medicine

Summary

Heart failure has emerged as a major cardiovascular health problem. Over the past several decades, it has become apparent that one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in patients with congestive heart failure relates to cardiac arrhythmias. Over the past decade increasing data have accumulated defining the pathogenesis of these problems at cellular and molecular levels, in addition to the clinical setting. Clinical cardiology has become progressively subdivided into more highly specialized domains, yet the modern management of the heart failure patient crosses these boundaries. Given the cross-disciplinary nature of heart failure management, the Atlas of Electrophysiology in Heart Failure, which explores current concepts in the interface between heart failure and electrophysiology, comes at a timely juncture.

Table of Contents

Epidemiology of the problem and emergence of a new specialty

Structural substrates for arrhythmias in heart failure

Molecular and cellular basis of arrhythmias in heart failure

The electorcardiogram in heart failure

Impact of medical therapies on the management of arrhythmic risk of heart failure

Mechanical dyssynchrony in heart failure and resynchronization therapy

Cardiac resynchronization therapy

Risk stratification for sudden death in patients with heart failure

Supraventricular arrhythmias in heart failure

Ventricular arrhythmias in ischemic cardiomyopathy

Ventricular arrhythmias in nonischemic dilated cardiomyopathy

Novel implantable nonpacing devices in heart failure

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