Dynamic Electrocardiography Book

	Contributors
	Foreword
	Preface
Sect. I	Heart and variability	1
1	Physiological background of heart rate variability	3
2	Standard measurement of heart rate variability	13
3	Nonlinear dynamics of RR intervals	22
4	Correlations among heart rate variability components and autonomic mechanisms	31
5	Physiological understanding of HRV components	40
6	Autonomic balance	48
7	Heart rate variability : stress and psychiatric conditions	57
8	Circadian rhythm of heart rate and heart rate variability	65
9	Time-frequency analysis of heart rate variability under autonomic provocations	73
10	Effects of drugs	83
11	Heart rate variability in healthy populations : correlates and consequences	90
12	Heart rate variability in ischaemic disease	112
13	Heart rate variability in heart failure	122
14	Heart rate variability in diabetes and neuropathies	133
Sect. II	Baroreflex	141
15	Physiological background of baroreflex	143
16	Invasive determination of baroreflex sensitivity	154
17	Noninvasive provocations of baroreflex sensitivity	162
18	Analysis of the interactions between heart rate and blood pressure variabilities	170
19	Arterial baroreflexes in ischaemic heart disease, and their role in sudden cardiac death	180
20	Heart rate turbulence on Holter	190
21	Heart rate turbulence in pacing studies	194
22	Physiological hypotheses on heart rate turbulence	203
23	Heart rate turbulence in ischaemic heart disease	211
Sect. III	Ischaemic patterns	215
24	Electrocardiographic background	217
25	Dynamics of silent ischaemia	233
26	Dynamics of ST segment in ischaemic heart disease	238
27	Spatial patterns of ST segment shift during myocardial ischaemia	250
28	ST segment trend monitoring of acute chest pain patients	260
29	Circadian patterns of ischaemic episodes	269
30	Electrocardiographic findings in patients with cardiovascular syndrome X	277
Sect. IV	Ventricular repolarization	289
31	Cellular basis for the repolarization waves of the ECG	291
32	Individual QT/RR relationships	301
33	Circadian patterns of QTc interval	315
34	QT dispersion	326
35	Morphological assessment of T wave patterns	350
36	Circadian pattern of T wave morphology	358
37	QT interval dynamics during exercise	371
38	T wave and QT interval changes related to myocardial ischaemia	380
39	Influence of rhythm abnormalities on ventricular repolarization	390
40	Dynamics of acquired long QT syndrome	406
41	Electrocardiogram of Brugada syndrome and its dynamic patterns	417
42	Electrocardiographic T wave changes in left ventricular hypertrophy	425
43	Macro T wave alternans	433
44	Microscopic T wave alternans	439
45	T wave alternans in ischaemic heart disease	448
46	Dynamic repolarization changes and arrhythmia risk assessment in nonischaemic heart disease	454
Sect. V	Atrial fibrillation	463
47	Pathophysiology of the atrial fibrillation electrogram	465
48	P wave abnormalities before AF episodes	475
49	Dynamics of atrial electrogram in AF	486
50	Detection of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes	493
51	Circadian pattern of AF paroxysms	500
52	Monitoring after cardioversion of atrial fibrillation	506
53	Heart rate profile in chronic atrial fibrillation	511
54	Monitoring of heart rate control in atrial fibrillation	517
55	Autonomic influence of atrial fibrillation	530
56	Long time monitoring of cardiac rhythm in patients with atrial fibrillation	537
Sect. VI	Ventricular arrhythmias	547
57	Monitoring ectopic activity	549
58	Circadian pattern of arrhythmic episodes	560
59	Holter monitor-guided antiarrhythmic therapy	565
60	Dynamics of heart rate before arrhythmias	571
Sect. VII	Electrocardiogram of an implanted device	581
61	Electrocardiographic monitoring with implantable devices	583
62	Ischaemic patterns	593
63	State-of-the-art marker channels	599
64	Interpretation of device stored rhythms and electrocardiograms	608
	Index	627