Dynamic Electrocardiography
By: Marek Malik, Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology, St George's Hospital Medical School, London
A. John Camm,
Two well-known and respected editors have assembled an outstanding group of electrophysiologists/physicians to write a major work representing the field of electrocardiography as we know it today. This book contains all the major subject areas within the field of electrocardiography with significant clinical and basic content to appeal to the entire electrophysiology community in addition to educating cardiologists with the latest information. The fact that Drs. Malik and Camm have edited this work assures a volume of incredible quality and readability.
Contents
Section 1: Heart Rate Variability
1. Physiologic Background
2. Standard Measurement of Heart Rate Variability
3. Nonlinear Dynamics of R-R Intervals
4. Correlations among heart rate variability: Components and automatic mechanisms
5. Physiological Understanding of HRV Components
6. Automatic Balance
7. Heart Rate Variability: Stress and psychiatric conditions
8. Circadian Rhythm of Heart Rate and Heart Rate Variability
9. Time-frequency Analysis of Heart Rate Variability under Automatic Provocations
10. Effects of Drugs
11. Heart Rate Variability in Healthy Populations: Correlates and Consequences
12. Heart Rate Variability in Ischemic Disease
13. Heart Rate Variability in Heart Failure
14. Heart Rate Variability in Diabetes and Neuropathies
Section 2: Baroreflex
15. Baroreflex: Physiologic Background
16. Invasive Determination of Baroreflex Sensitivity
17. Noninvasive Provocations of Baroreflex Sensitivity
18. Analysis of the Interactions between Heart Rate and Blood Pressure Variabilities
19. Arterial Baroreflexes in Ischaemic Heart Disease, and their role in sudden cardiac death.
20. Heart Rate Turbulence on Holter
21. Heart Rate Turbulence in Pacing
22. Physiologic Hypotheses on Heart Rate Turbulence
23. Heart Rate Trbulence in Ischemic Heart Disease
Section 3: Ischaemic Patterns
24. Electrocardiographic Background
25. Dynamics of Silent Ischaemia
26. Dynamics of ST Segments in Ischaemic Heart Disease
27. Spatial Patterns of ST-Segment Shift During Myocardial Ischaemia
28. ST Segment Trend Monitoring of Acute Chest Pain Patients
29. Circadian Patterns of Ischaemic Episodes
30. Electrocardiographic Findings in Patients with Cardiovascular Syndrome X
Section 4: Ventricular Repolarisation
31. Cellular Basis for the Repolarization waves of the ECG
32. Individual QT/RR Relationships
33. Circadian Patterns of QTC Interval
34. QT Dispersion
35. Morphological Assessment of T Wave Patterns
36. Circadian Pattern of T Wave Morphology
37. QT Interval Dynamics During Exercise
38. T Wave and QT Interval Changes Related to Myocardial Ischaemia
39. Influence of Rhythm Abnormalities on Ventricular Repolarisation
40. Dynamics of Acquired Long QT Syndrome
41. Electrocardiogram of Brugada Syndrome and its Dynamic Pattern
42. Electrocardiographic T Wave Changes in Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
43. Macro T Wave Alternans
44. Microscopic T Wave Alternans
45. T Wave Alternans in Ischaemic Heart Disease
46. Dynamic Repolarization Changes and Arrhythmia Assessment
Section 5: Atrial Fibrillation
47. Pathophysiology of the Atrial Fibrillation Electrogram
48. P Wave Abnormalities Prior to AF Episodes
49. Dynamics of Atrial Electrogram AF
50. Detection of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Episode
51. Circadian Pattern of AF Paroxysms
52. Monitoring after Cardioversion of Atrial Fibrillation
53. Heart Rate Profile in Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
54. Monitoring Heart Rate Control in Atrial Fibrillation
55. Autonomic Influence of Atrial Fibrillation
56. Long Time Monitoring of Cardiac Rhythm in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Section 6: Ventricular Arrhythmias
57. Monitoring Ectopic Activity
58. Circadian Pattern of Arrhythmic Episodes
59. Holter Monitor-Guided Antiarrhythmic Therapy
60. Dynamics of Heart Rate Prior to Arrhythmias
61. Technical Considerations
62. Ischaemic Patterns
63. State of the Art Marker Channels
64. Interpretation of Device Stored Rhythms and Electrocardiograms