Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dick, II, Macdonald (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book focuses on the practical aspects of clinical electrophysiology of cardiac arrhythmias in the young. It represents a compilation of the clinical course, electrophysiologic studies, pharmacological management, and transcatheter ablation therapy in patients from infancy through young adulthoo...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Background
• Development and Structure of the Cardiac Conduction System
• Physiology of the Cardiac Conduction System
• Clinical Electrophysiology of the Cardiac Conduction System
• Part II: Clinical Electrophysiology in Infants and Children
• Atrioventricular Reentry Tachycardia
• Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia
• Persistent Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia
• Sinoatrial Reentrant Tachycardia: Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia
• Atrial Flutter Intra-atrial Reentrant Tachycardia
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Atrial Ectopic Tachycardias
• Junctional Tachycardia– Congenital, Acquired, Post-Operative
• Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
• Ventricular Tachycardia
• Sick Sinus Syndrome
• First- and Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block
• Complete Atrioventricular Block Third-Degree Heart Block
• Syncope
• Cardiac Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators
• Genetic Disorders of the Cardiac Impulse
• Fetal Arrhythmias
• Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young
• Pharmacology of Antiarrhythmic Agents
• Transcatheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Young
• Allied Professional Roles in the Management of Arrhythmias in the Young.