Dispersion of ventricular repolarization : state of the art / edited by S. Bertil Olsson, Jan P. Amlie, and Shiwen Yuan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olsson, S. Bertil

Amlie, Jan P.

Yuan, Shiwen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ventricular fibrillation--Pathophysiology.

Ventricular fibrillation.

Arrhythmia--Pathophysiology.

Arrhythmia.

Myocardial depressants.

Arrhythmias, Cardiac--physiopathology.

Cardiovascular Diseases--physiopathology.

Electrophysiology.

Ventricular Dysfunction--physiopathology.

Physiology, Pathological.

Medical Subjects:

Arrhythmias, Cardiac--physiopathology.

Cardiovascular Diseases--physiopathology.

Electrophysiology.

Ventricular Dysfunction--physiopathology.

Physical Description:

xi, 330 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, NY : Futura, 2000.

Contents:

Basic Studies

1. Electrical Heterogeneity and the Development of Arrhythmias / Charles Antzelevitch, Wataru Shimizu, Gan-Xin Yan 3

2. Repolarization Inhomogeneities in Ventricular Myocardium: Studies Using the Optical Mapping Technique / Fadi G. Akar, Joseph M. Pastore, Kenneth R. Laurita, David S. Rosenbaum 23

Methodological Aspects

3. QT Dispersion: Methodology and Clinical Significance / Pierre Maison-Blanche, Fabio Badilini, Jocelyne Fayn, Philippe Coumel 41

4. QT Dispersion on 12-Lead Electrocardiogram in Normal Subjects: Reproducibility and Relation to T Wave / Yee Guan Yap, A. John Camm 59

5. Correlations Between Monophasic Action Potential Recordings and Surface Electrocardiograms with Regard to the Evaluation of Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization / Markus Zabel, Michael R. Franz 75

6. Automatic Detection of Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Repolarization / Wojciech Zareba, Jean Philippe Couderc, Arthur J. Moss 85

7. Evaluation of Ventricular Activation-Recovery Coupling Using an Electroanatomical Mapping Technique / Lior Gepstein, Gal Hayam, Shlomo A. Ben-Haim 109

8. Global Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization: Findings from Monophasic Action Potential Mapping Using the CARTO System / Shiwen Yuan, Ole Kongstad, Eva Hertervig, Magnus Holm, S. Bertil Olsson 121

Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization and Ventricular Arrhythmias

9. Increased Dispersion of Repolarization: A Major Mechanism Behind the Genesis of Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias in Cardiac Diseases / Jan P. Amlie 143

10. Dispersion of "Refractoriness" and Ventricular Tachycardia or Fibrillation After Myocardial Infarction / Michiel J. Janse 165

11. The Electrophysiological Mechanism of Torsade de Pointes in the Long QT Syndrome / Nabil El-Sherif, Gioia Turitto, Dmitry O. Kozhevnikov, Mark Restivo 175

12. Spatial Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization in the Long QT Syndrome / Carlo Napolitano, Silvia G. Priori, Peter J. Schwartz 199

Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization and Cardiac Disorders

13. Role of Ischemia on Dispersion of Repolarization / Peter Taggart, Peter Sutton 211

14. Dispersion of Repolarization in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy / Wolfram Grimm, Katrin Leuchtenberger, Bernhard Maisch 229

15. Dispersion of Repolarization in Patients with Hypertension / Juha S. Perkiomaki 239

16. QT Dispersion in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias / Michel Galinier, Atul Pathak, Bruno Dongay, Daniel Curnier, Joelle Fourcade, Serge Boveda, Jean-Paul Bounhoure 253

Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization and Antiarrhythmic Treatment

17. Modulation of Dispersion of Ventricular Repolarization by Antiarrhythmic Drugs / Stefan H. Hohnloser 267

18. Effect of Class I Drugs on Dispersion of Repolarization / Lennart Bergfeldt 279

19. Effect of Class III Drugs on Dispersion of Repolarization in Patients with Myocardial Infarction / C.P. Day 289

20. Effect of Defibrillation on Dispersion of Repolarization / Paulus Kirchhof, C. Larissa Fabritz, Lars Eckardt, Gunter Breithardt, Wilhelm Haverkamp, Michael R. Franz 297.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0879934581

OCLC:

43801016