Main description:

The second edition of Clinical Arrhythmology provides a fresh, clear, and authoritative overview that will guide readers from a solid understanding of the mechanisms behind cardiac arrhythmias -- which is fundamental to their identification -- to diagnosis via electrocardiograms and other tools, to specific management options for each of the arrhythmias that cardiologists and other clinicians will encounter in clinical practice. * Organized in a clear, intuitive manner; introducing the reader to an understanding of the anatomical and electrophysiological bases of arrhythmias, then to a comprehensive review of how to diagnose the full range of rhythmic abnormalities, and then to a discussion of specific clinical syndromes in which arrhythmias play a part * Highly illustrated chapters ensure key concepts are simpler to understand * Detailed appendices provide quick reference values for diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, and pharmacotherapeutic agents, and Recommendations

Contents:

Preface PART I Anatomical and Electrophysiological Considerations, Clinical Aspects, and Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias Chapter 1: Clinical Aspects of Arrhythmias Chapter 2: Anatomic and Electrophysiologic Basis Chapter 3: Electrophysiologic Mechanisms PART II Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Arrhythmias Chapter 4: Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias Chapter 5: Active Ventricular Arrhythmias Chapter 6: Passive Arrhythmias Chapter 7: Analytical Study of an Arrhythmia Chapter 8: Ventricular Pre-Excitation Chapter 9: Inherited Heart Diseases Chapter 10: Other ECG Patterns of Risk Chapter 11: Arrhythmias in Different Heart Diseases and Situations Appendix Index