Myocardial repolarization : from gene to bedside / edited by Ali Oto and Günter Breithardt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oto, Ali.

Breithardt, Günter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arrhythmia.

Long QT Syndrome.

Electrocardiography.

Electrophysiology.

Heart--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Long QT Syndrome.

Electrocardiography.

Electrophysiology.

Heart--physiology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Armonk, NY : Futura Pub., [2001]

Contents:

Part I Basic Mechanisms

1. Repolarization: Historical Perspectives / Berndt Luderitz, MD, Thorsten Lewalter, MD 3

2. Physiology of Myocardial Repolarization / Michiel J. Janse, MD 21

3. Diversity of Ionic Channel Expression in Health and Disease / Stefan Kaab, MD, Michael Nabauer, MD 33

4. Electrophysiologic Mechanisms of Reentrant Arrhythmias / Nabil El-Sherif, MD, Dmitry O. Kozhevnikov, MD, Gioia Turitto, MD 57

5. Experimental Models to Assess the Role of Heterogeneous Repolarization in Arrhythmogenesis / Charles Antzelevitch, PhD, Andrew C. Zygmunt, PhD 89

6. Repolarization and Mechanoelectrical Feedback: Evidence from Experimental and Clinical Data / Lars Eckardt, MD, Paulus F. Kirchhof, MD, Peter Loh, MD, Martin Borggrefe, MD, Gunter Breithardt, MD, Wilhelm Haverkamp, MD 117

7. Repolarization Mapping Using Monophasic Action Potentials / Paulus F. Kirchhof, MD, Michael R. Franz, MD, PhD 139

8. Mechanisms and Clinical Aspects of Ventricular Arrhythmias Associated with QT Prolongation: Torsades de Pointes / Wilhelm Haverkamp, MD, Gerold Monnig, MD, Lars Eckardt, MD, Paulus F. Kirchhof, MD, Eric Schulze-Bahr, MD, Horst Wedekind, MD, Franziska Haverkamp, MD, Martin Borggrefe, MD, Gunter Breithardt, MD 151

Part II The QT Interval

9. QT Dynamicity as a Predictor for Arrhythmia Development / Philippe Coumel, MD, Pierre Maison Blanche, MD 173

10. QT Dispersion: Definition, Methodology, and Clinical Relevance / Vinzenz Hombach, MD, Hans-Heinrich Osterhues, MD, Birgit Schleb, MD, Mathias Kochs, MD, Hans A. Kestler, PhD, Martin Hoher, MD 187

11. Detection of T Wave Alternans and its Relationship to Cardiac Arrhythmogenesis / Mariah L. Walker, PhD, David S. Rosenbaum, MD 211

12. Microvolt-Level T Wave Alternans: Prognostic Implications / Stefan H. Hohnloser, MD, Thomas Klingenheben, MD 223

Part III Congenital Long QT Syndrome and Other Genetic Entities

13. Clinical Presentation of the Long QT Syndrome in the Era of Molecular Diagnosis / Peter J. Schwartz, MD 235

14. Molecular Genetics of the Long QT Syndrome / Silvia G. Priori, MD, PhD, Carlo Napolitano, MD, PhD 251

15. Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Genotype and Phenotype Correlations and Treatment / Arthur J. Moss, MD, Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhD, Jennifer L. Robinson, MS 261

16. Other Genetic Disorders and Primary Arrhythmias: The Brugada Syndrome / Josep Brugada, MD, PhD, Pedro Brugada, MD, PhD, Ramon Brugada, MD 269

17. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: Is There a Genetic Basis? / Horst Wedekind, MD, Eric Schulze-Bahr, MD, Wilhelm Haverkamp, MD, Thomas Bajanowski, MD, Bernd Brinkmann, MD, Gunter Breithardt, MD 279

Part IV Acquired Long QT Syndrome

18. Drugs and Myocardial Repolarization / Marc A. Vos, PhD, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, MD, PhD 293

19. Acquired Long QT Syndrome by Antiarrhythmic Drugs / Yee Guan Yap, BMedSci, MBBS, A. John Camm, MD 305

20. The Acquired Long QT Syndrome by Non-antiarrhythmic Drugs / Dan M. Roden, MD 325

21. Genetic Aspects in Acquired Long QT Syndrome / Eric Schulze-Bahr, MD, Isabelle Denjoy, MD, Wilhelm Haverkamp, MD, Gunter Breithardt, MD, Pascale Guicheney, PhD 333

22. The Cytochrome P450 System as a Pathway for Drug-Drug Interaction / S. Oguz Kayaalp, MD, PhD, Sule Oktay, MD, PhD 343

23. How to Avoid Drug-Induced Torsades de Pointes / Gunter Breithardt, MD, Martin Borggrefe, MD, Eric Schulze-Bahr, MD, Wilhelm Haverkamp, MD 353

Part V Various Clinical Conditions

24. Evidence of Repolarization Abnormalities in Various Clinical Conditions / Kudret Aytemir, MD, Ali Oto, MD 365

25. Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Therapy in Patients with Repolarization Abnormality / Hasan Garan, MD 383.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-392) and index.

ISBN:

0879934778

9780879934774

OCLC:

46872993