Fighting Sudden Cardiac Death : A Worldwide Challenge

by Aliot, Etienne; Clementy, Jacques; Prystowsky, Eric N.

• ISBN13: 9780879934606
• ISBN10: 0879934603
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This book analyzes sudden cardiac death from the multiple perspectives of world-renowned experts.Fighting Sudden Cardiac Death: A Worldwide Challenge reviews the background of sudden cardiac death (SCD) in light of new advances in genetics, mechanisms of therapy, and prevention, thus providing the reader with a more unified view of SCD, a better understanding of the pathological mechanisms of SCD, and the tools needed to identify the appropriate treatment for patients at risk for a primary event.Its 50 chapters incorporate expert findings on a wide variety of relevant subjects, ranging from cell to examination, from idiopathic arrhythmias and SCD in athletes to arrhythmogenic heart failure, from long QT syndrome to ventricular dysplasia, from prehospital resuscitation to very sophisticated implantable devices. In-depth discussions on the background, therapy and prevention of SCD serve to increase and improve the tools available to battle this "serial killer."Cardiologists, electrophysiologists, and internists, both in clinical practice and in the laboratory, will find a great deal of valuable information in this book.

Table of Contents

Dedication	iii
Contributors	v
Preface	xv
I Definition, Epidemiology, and Mechanisms	1	(150)
Definitions and Epidemiology of Sudden Cardiac Death	3	(26)
Robert J. Myerburg
Raul M. Mitrani
Alberto Interian, Jr.
Martin Kloosterman
Jeffrey Simmons
Agustin Castellanos
The Classification of Sudden Death in Clinical Trials	29	(12)
Luc J.L.M. Jordaens
How Genetics May Help to Understand and Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death	41	(8)
Ketty Schwartz
Autonomic Nervous System and Sudden Cardiac Death	49	(20)
Hugh Calkins
Apoptosis and Sudden Cardiac Death	69	(12)
Ziad Mallat
Benedicte Hugel
Guy Leseche
Jean-Marie Freyssinet
Alain Tedgui
Spatiotemporal Organization of Ventricular Fibrillation Increases during Global Ischemia in the Isolated Rabbit Heart	81	(18)
Jay Chen
Ravi Mandapati
Omer Berenfeld
Moussa Mansour
Jose Jalife
The Role of Early Afterdepolarizations in Lethal Ventricular Arrhythmias	99	(10)
Ralph Lazzara
Bela Szabo
Regional Differences in Electrophysiology of Ventricular Cells: Clinical Implications for Sudden Cardiac Death	109	(22)
Charles Antzelevitch
Nonfibrillatory Sudden Cardiac Death: Role of Bradycardia	131	(6)
Jean-Jacques Blanc
Jacques Mansourati
Sudden Cardiac Death: The Pathology Perspective	137	(14)
Michael Davies
II Out-of-Hospital Sudden Cardiac Death	151	(58)
Automated External Defibrillation in Europe	153	(14)
Leo Bossaert
The Maastricht Study: A Plea for New Approaches to Improve Results of Out-of-Hospital Resuscitation	167	(6)
Hein J.J. Wellens
Jacqueline de Vreede-Swagemakers
Aimee Lousberg
Anton M. Gorgels
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation of the Adult Cardiac Arrest Victim	173	(24)
Leo Bossaert
Evidence-Based Guidelines in Resuscitation: From Experiment to Guidelines	197	(12)
Lance B. Becker
III Normal Heart, Sports, and Sudden Cardiac Death	209	(40)
Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes: Epidemiology, Screening, and Prevention	211	(28)
Barry J. Maron
Idiopathic Ventricular Fibrillation	239	(10)
Silvia G. Priori
Lia Crotti
IV Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia	249	(50)
Why Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Die Suddenly	251	(14)
G. Fontaine
P. Fornes
Z. Mallat
F. Fontaliran
R. Frank
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy/Dysplasia: A Genetic or an Acquired Disease?	265	(10)
Domenico Corrado
Cristina Basso
Marialuisa Valente
Gaetano Thiene
Therapies for Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy	275	(24)
Thomas Wichter
Martin Borggrefe
Dirk Bocker
Gunter Breithardt
V Sudden Cardiac Death and Repolarization	299	(34)
The Long QT Syndrome: From Genotype to Phenotype	301	(8)
Peter J. Schwartz
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Therapeutic Considerations Based on the International LQTS Registry	309	(14)
Arthur J. Moss
Wojciech Zareba
Brugada Syndrome: From Genetics to Clinical Management	323	(10)
Pedro Brugada
Josep Brugada
Ramon Brugada
Jeffrey Towbin
Charles Antzelevitch
VI Heart Failure	333	(64)
Are There Specific Risk Markers of Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Patients?	335	(8)
J.Y. Le Heuzey
X. Copie
O. Piot
T. Lavergne
D. Digeos-Hasnier
L. Guize
Sudden Cardiac Death in Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy	343	(18)
Pierre Cosnay
Laurent Fauchier
Dominique Babuty
Danielle Casset-Senon
David Tena-Carbi
Jean-Christophe Charniot
Philippe Poret
Jean-Paul Fauchier
Mechanisms of Sudden Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Implications for Risk Stratification	361	(22)
Paul Sorajja
Perry M. Elliott
William J. McKenna
Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies	383	(6)
Riccardo Cappato
The Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator as a Bridge to Transplantation: Is it Worthwhile?	389	(8)
Antonio Raviele
VII Pediatrics	397	(14)
Neuromuscular Disorders and Sudden Death	399	(4)
Denis Duboc
Jean Varin
Henry Marc Becane
Gisele Bonne
Zine Ounnoughenne
Arnaud Lazarus
Sudden Cardiac Death After Surgery of Congenital Cardiac Diseases	403	(8)
E. Villain
VIII Etiologies	411	(48)
Sudden Death in Mitral Valve Prolapse	413	(14)
Jean-Paul Fauchier
Dominique Babuty
Laurent Fauchier
Christian Marchal
Danielte Casset-Senon
Pierre Cosnay
Christian Neel
Sudden Death m Patients with Cardiac Conduction Disorders	427	(20)
Henri E. Kulbertus
Myocarditis: An Underestimated Cause of Sudden Cardiac Death	447	(12)
Cristina Basso
Fiorella Calabrese
Domenico Corrado
Gaetano Thiene
IX Ischemia and Sudden Cardiac Death	459	(32)
Arrhythmias in Acute Ischemia	461	(10)
Michiel J. Janse
Mechanisms of Ventricular Arrhythmias in the Subacute and Late Post-Infarction Period	471	(20)
Nabil El-Sherif
Boyu Huang
Dmitry O. Kozhevnikov
X Markers of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Era of Revascularization	491	(74)
Usefulness of Premature Ventricular Contractions and Late Potentials for Risk Stratification after Myocardial Infarction in the Era of Revascularization	493	(8)
Salem Kacet
Claude Kouakam
Baroreflex Sensitivity and Heart Rate Variability: State of the Art and Perspective	501	(20)
Marek Malik
Irina Savelieva
Markers of Sudden Cardiac Death, and Clinical Usefulness of the QT Study: QT Duration, QT Dispersion, QT Dynamicity, and T-Wave Alternans	521	(12)
Antoine Leenhardt
Pierre Maison Blanche
Fabrice Extramiana
Paul Milliez
Philippe Coumel
Value of Programmed Ventricular Stimulation to Select Candidates at Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death	533	(8)
Eric N. Prystowsky
Value of Left Ventricular Function Stratification	541	(10)
Karl Isaaz
Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia: Prognostic and Therapeutic Considerations	551	(14)
Nadir Saoudi
Frederic Anselme
Maxime Chalumeau
Arnaud Savoure
Alain Cribier
XI Prevention	565	(26)
The Role of Stress in Sudden Death: Can it be Prevented?	567	(12)
Philippe Coumel
Can Diet Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death?	579	(12)
Michel de Lorgeril
XII Medical Therapy	591	(44)
Mechanisms of Defibrillation	593	(24)
Nipon Chattipakorn
Raymond E. Ideker
Can Nonantiarrhythmic Drugs Prevent Sudden Cardiac Death?	617	(18)
E. Aliot
C. de Chillou
I. Magnin-Poull
N. Sadoul
XIII Nonmedical Therapy	635	(14)
Ventricular Tachycardia Antiarrhythmic Surgery: The Legacy	637	(12)
Gerard M. Guiraudon
George J. Klein
Colette M. Guiraudon
XIV Automatic Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators	649	(58)
A Critical Appraisal of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator/ Drug Trials in the Secondary Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death	651	(10)
Gerald V. Naccarelli
Deborah L. Wolbrette
Hemantkumar T. Patel
Jerry C. Luck
Quality of Life in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators	661	(10)
Christian Wolpert
Werner Jung
Susanne Herwig
Berndt Luderitz
Economic Aspects of Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy	671	(18)
Owen A. Obel
A. John Camm
Can We Learn From Ongoing Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Trials?	689	(12)
Martin Fromer
The Future: A Hybrid Therapy	701	(6)
Sanjeev Saksena
Index	707