Title | Tachycardias [electronic resource] / edited by Borys Surawicz, C. Pratap Reddy, Eric N. Prystowsky |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1984 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2827-8 |
Descript | XVI, 676 p. online resource |
I. Basic Mechanisms and Classification: Editorial Comment -- 1. Mechanisms of Tachycardia -- 2. Ventricular Fibrillation -- 3. Cardiac Automaticity in Normal and Some Abnormal Conditions -- 4. Effects of Autonomic Tone on Tachycardias -- 5. Historical Background and Evolution of Established and Obsolete Terms Used to Characterize Tachycardia -- II. Supraventricular Tachycardias: Editorial Comment -- 6. Electrophysiology, Mechanisms, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Paroxysmal Recurrent Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia -- 7. Tachycardias in which the Reentry Circuit Includes Atrioventricular Bypass Tracts -- 8. Supraventricular Ectopic Tachycardias due to Mechanisms Other than Reentry -- 9. Role of Electrophysiologic Studies in the Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias -- 10. Tachycardia-Bradycardia Syndrome -- 11. Observations on the Mechanism of Atrial Flutter -- 12. Atrial Fibrillation -- 13. Ventricular Response in Atrial Fibrillation: Effects of AV Nodal Refractory Periods, Atrioventricular Block, and Preexcitation Syndromes -- III. Ventricular Tachycardias: Editorial Comment -- 14. Ventricular Tachycardia in Man: Mechanisms -- 15. Torsades de Pointes -- 16.Electrophysiologic Testing in Ventricular Tachycardia: Diagnosis and Methodology -- IV. Underlying Conditions: Editorial Comment -- 17. Tachycardias in Children -- 18. Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in the Various Stages of Ischemic Heart Disease -- 19. Arrhythmia in Cardiomyopathy -- 20. Arrhythmias Associated with Mitral Valve Prolapse -- 21. Digitalis-Induced Tachycardias -- 22. Tachycardia Related to Electrolyte Imbalance -- V. Approaches to Therapy: Editorial Comment -- 23. Digitalis and Beta-adrenergic Blocking Drugs for the Treatment of Tachycardias -- 24. Role of Slow Channel Blocking Drugs in the Treatment of Tachycardias -- 25. Drugs Acting on the Fast Inward Sodium Current in the Management of Tachycardias -- 26. Amiodarone -- 27. Bretylium Tosylate in the Treatment of Tachycardias -- 28. Role of Pacing in the Treatment of Tachycardias -- 29. Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Tachycardias -- 30. Role of Electrophysiologic Studies in the Treatment of Tachycardias -- References