The Arrhythmic Patient in the Emergency Department A Practical Guide
This book is a practical guide to the differential diagnosis and treatment of patients presenting in the Emergency Department with syncope or arrhythmias, including bradyarrhythmias, atrial fibrillation, narrow and wide QRS tachycardias. In addition,
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The Arrhythmic Patient in the Emergency Department
Massimo Zecchin • Gianfranco Sinagra Editors
The Arrhythmic Patient in the Emergency Department A Practical Guide for Cardiologists and Emergency Physicians
Editors Massimo Zecchin Cardiovascular Department Cattinara University Hospital Trieste Italy
Gianfranco Sinagra Cardiovascular Department Cattinara University Hospital Trieste Italy
ISBN 978-3-319-24326-9 ISBN 978-3-319-24328-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-24328-3
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Foreword
Treatment of patients with cardiovascular diseases has dramatically changed over the past 20 years. Accompanied by an incredible increase in pathophysiological understanding and availability of treatment options, specialized fields of expertise have rapidly evolved. Electrophysiology is one of these newcomers. Based on the analysis of basic principles of electrical activation in the human heart, the field has developed into sophisticated treatment strategies of device therapy and catheter ablation. The majorities of today’s EP patients originate from the mainstream of everyday clinical cardiology and present with endemic, bradycardic, and tachycardic arrhythmias. With this background, electrophysiology has also arrived in the ER department. Now it is our obligation to transport our knowledge and expertise for treatment of arrhythmia patients to our cardiology colleagues and specialized ER physicians who encounter emergency situations due to or accompanied by cardiac arrhythmias in a significant number of patients, next to a variety of other medical emergencies. Dedicated literature on that topic is really scarce. I therefore want to thank the editors a
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