Cardiac Arrhythmia Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Anatomy and Physiology of the Conduction System	3
2	Basic Electrophysiology: Generation of the Cardiac Action Potential	37
3	Mechanisms of Arrhythmogenesis	51
4.1	Genetics of Arrhythmogenic Disorders	81
4.2	Influence of Autonomic Factors and Behavioral State on Vulnerability to Cardiac Arrhythmias	109
5	The Use of the Electrocardiogram in the Diagnosis of Arrhythmia	127
6.1	Role of Holter Monitoring and Exercise Testing for Arrhythmia Assessment and Management	165
6.2	Heart Rate Variability, Signal-Averaged Electrocardiography QT Dispersion and T Wave Alternans	195
7	Electrophysiologic Testing and Cardiac Mapping	231
8	Antiarrhythmic Drugs	265
9	Cardioversion and Defibrillation	303
10	Cardiac Pacemakers	323
11	Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators	357
12	Catheter and Surgical Ablation for Cardiac Arrhythmias	383
13	Sinoatrial/Atrial Tachyarrhythmias	411
14	Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry	433
15	Atrial Fibrillation	457
16	Atrial Flutter	501
17	Tachycardias in Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome	517
18	Ventricular Premature Depolarizations and Nonsustained Ventricular Tachycardia	549
19	Sustained Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia	573
20	Polymorphous Ventricular Tachycardia, Including Torsade de Pointes	603
21	Sudden Cardiac Death	621
22	Sinus Node Function and Dysfunction	653
23	Atrioventricular Nodal Conduction Abnormalities	671
24	His-Purkinje Disease	693
25	Arrhythmias in Hypertrophic, Dilated, and Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathies	721
26	Arrhythmias in Congenital Heart Disease	749
27	Arrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances Associated with Pregnancy	785
28	Arrhythmia in Athletes	805
29	Arrhythmias After Cardiac and Noncardiac Surgery	831
30	Periinfarction Arrhythmias	863
31	Arrhythmias in Mitral Valve Disease	889
32	Arrhythmias in Cardiac Transplantation	907
33	Syncope: Pathophysiology, Evaluation, and Treatment	925
	Index	945