Heart Rhythm Disorders: History, Mechanisms, and Management Perspectives

Description:

This engaging book covers a multitude of topics related to heart rhythm disorders (HRDs) and uniquely familiarizes readers with the development of treatment modalities over the past several decades, including the evolution of anti-arrhythmic drugs, pacemakers, defibrillators, and catheter ablation.  Organized in ten sections, this title serves as both an archival and a contemporary resource for clinicians. The first section describes the discovery of the circulatory system by William Harvey in 1628 and outlines the development and understanding of HRD since the advent of intra-cardiac electrophysiology. Subsequent sections discuss the historical evolution of abnormal heart rhythms, such as supra and ventricular rhythms and sudden cardiac death, their treatment with drugs, surgery, pacemakers, implantable defibrillators and catheter ablation. Section nine offers a fascinating narration of the clinical evolution of overcoming heart attacks and its impact on HRDs. The final section explores potential new frontiers in HRD and the factors that may contribute to the prospective rise of cardiovascular diseases.  A ground-breaking and invaluable addition to the clinical literature, Heart Rhythm Disorders: History, Mechanisms and Management Perspectives details the pervasive nature of cardiovascular diseases in human history, their ramifications, and their projected effects on at-risk demographic populations and human health in general.  

Table of contents:

Part I. The Enlightenment Period in Cardiovascular Dynamics

1. Discovery of the Circulatory System

2. The Road to Unearthing the Conducting System of the Heart

3. Birth of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

4. Molecular Basis of Impulse Generation and Propagation

5. The Concept of Entrainment

Part II. Supraventricular Tachycardias

6. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry

7. Wolff–Parkinson–White Syndrome

8. Ablative Therapy of Bypass Tracts, AV Junction, and AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia

9. Atrial Tachycardia

10. Atrial Flutter

11. Atrial Fibrillation

Part III. Ventricular Arrhythmias

12. The Ventricular Premature Complex

13. The Substrate of Ventricular Tachycardia

14. Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia

15. Ventricular Tachycardia Associated with Left Ventricular Assist Device

16. The Evolution of Coronary Intervention and Its Impact on Cardiac Arrhythmias

Part IV. Sudden Cardiac Death and Its Associations

17. Sudden Cardiac Death

18. Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes

19. The Channelopathies and Sudden Death

20. Hypothermia Post-Cardiac Arrest

21. Defibrillation: A Historical Overview

Part V. Drug Therapy

22. Antiarrhythmic Medications

23. Programmed Electrical Stimulation-Guided Pharmacotherapy

Part VI. The Implantable Defibrillator

24. The Implantable Defibrillator: A Historical Overview and its Use in Secondary and Primary Prevention

25. Uses, Overuses, and Problems Associated with the Implantable Defibrillator

Part VII. Risk Stratification

26. Noninvasive Risk Stratification for Sudden Cardiac Death

27. The Signal-Averaged ECG: Clinical Applications

Part VIII. Abnormal Slow Rhythms

28. The Sick Sinus Syndrome

29. Heart Blocks

30. Neurocardiogenic Syncope

Part IX. Technological Advancements in Bradycardia and Heart Failure Management

31. The Artificial Pacemaker: A Historical Overview

32. The Evolution of Resynchronization Therapy

Part X. New Frontiers in Heart Rhythm Disorders

33. Obesity and Atrial Fibrillation

34. Novel Devices for Stroke Prevention

35. Remote Heart Rhythm Monitoring

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