Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young
This book focuses on the practical aspects of clinical electrophysiology of cardiac arrhythmias in the young. It represents a compilation of the clinical course, electrophysiologic studies, pharmacological management, and transcatheter ablation therapy in
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Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young
Macdonald Dick, II Editor
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young Second Edition
Editor Macdonald Dick, II, MD Pediatric Cardiology The University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA
ISBN 978-1-4939-2738-8 ISBN 978-1-4939-2739-5 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-2739-5
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Foreword to the First Edition
The text of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology in the Young provides a systematic approach to the anatomy, pathophysiology, basic electrophysiology, diagnosis, and therapy of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias as well as conduction abnormalities in the young. It elucidates the broad spectrum of rhythm disturbances that may occur from the fetus to young adult, as an isolated abnormality, in the presence of underlying congenital heart disease, both prior to and subsequent to surgical repair. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and appropriate pharmacologic and interventional therapy by a trained healthcare team are fully discussed. Science is consistently used to explain the electrophysiologic diagnoses, pharmacologic, interventional, and surgical treatment. Some prior knowledge and understanding of electrophysiology and rhythm disturbances is helpful and the information provided here may be utilized as a guidebook, resource, and reference for residents, cardiology fellows, trained cardiologists, and electrophysiologists as well as other allied health professionals. The rapid advances in the field in such areas as interventional and surgical cryoablation techniques, complexity of rhythm disturbances,
