Rhythms of broken hearts : history, manifestations, and treatment of heart rhythm disorders and heart disease / J. Anthony Gomes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gomes, J. Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heart--Diseases.

Heart.

Arrhythmia.

Heart beat.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book provides an overview of the history, manifestations, and treatment of heart disease and heart rhythm disorders. In addition, it covers the effects on the lives of patients, coping mechanisms, and relationships with doctors, family, religion, and death. The book uniquely intersects the fields of medicine, literature, science, and art. Chapters begin by familiarizing the reader with the historical aspects of manifestations and treatment discussing both scientific and psychological aspects of the disease. Chapters also discuss the evolution of several treatment modalities. Every chapter of the book contains interesting and evocative patient stories and their treatment. Rhythms of Broken Hearts will be of interest to a wide spectrum of health care practitioners as well as to patients and related family members with interest in understanding their symptoms and disease entity.

Contents:

Intro

Praise for Rhythms of Broken Hearts

Books by J. Anthony Gomes, MD

Author's Note

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Part I: The Mythology of the Human Heart

Chapter 1: Romanticizing the Heart

Ancient Egyptian View of the Heart

Ancient Indian View of the Heart

Ancient Greek View of the Heart

Ancient Islamic View of the Heart

The Renaissance Heart

William Harvey's View of the Heart

The Heart as Metaphor

Chapter 2: The Mysteries of the Age-Old Pulse

The Rosetta Stone of Ancient Egyptian Medicine

Classifying the Pulse: Ancient Asian Medicine

Dissections and Clepsydras: The Ancient Greeks and Romans

Avicenna and Maimonides

The Pulsilogium and the Stopwatch

Current Understanding of the Pulse

Conclusions

Part II: The Renaissance Period in Heart Rhythm Disorders

Chapter 3: Demystifying the Heart

The Cartography of the Heart

The Search for the Command Center

The Org Chart of Control

Inside the Command Fibers

Chapter 4: Understanding Heart Rhythm Disorders: The Birth of the ECG and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

The Code of the Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Starting and Stopping Heartbeats

Tapping the Signals From Within the Heart

Enter Dr. Benjamin Scherlag, Ph.D.

The USPHS Hospital and Its Electrophysiology Laboratory

Dr. Anthony N. Damato: The Grandfather of Clinical Electrophysiology

Part III: Galloping Away in the Atrium

Chapter 5: Living with a Galloping Heart

George Ralph Mines and the Circles of PSVT

Maria's PSVT

Identifying Maria's Syndrome

What Causes WPW Syndrome?

Maria's Life-Threatening Complication

The Commonest Supraventricular Tachycardia

The Case of Antoinette

Chapter 6: Radical Ideas: The Road to Conquering Supraventricular Tachycardia

The Road to Ending PSVT

The Attempt to Save Diane

Catheters and Radio Waves

Diane and Her Secret Companion

Antoinette's Curative Ablation of AVNRT

The Management of AVNRT

Chapter 7: Atrial Fibrillation: The Heart's Tap Dance

Triggers and Genes

The Cost of Atrial Fibrillation

The Insidious Upshots of Atrial Fibrillation

Evolution of Clot Prevention in AF Treatment

The Story of Warfarin

The New Anticoagulants

Preventing Strokes in Patients with AF

New Devices for Stroke Prevention

Evolution of Rhythm and Rate Control in AF

Cardioversion

The Story of Maze

Medical Societies and Their Guidelines

Ablation: Fire and Ice

Treating Marjorie

Chapter 8: The Sawtooth Rhythm: Atrial Flutter

The Story of the Purple Foxglove (Digitalis)

The Road to Definitive Treatment

Part IV: Abnormal Rhythms Arising from the Ventricles

Chapter 9: The Elusive Ventricular Extra-Beat

The Origins of VPCs

Martha: Anxiety Versus VPCs

The Rock and the Mountain

VPC-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 13, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030773823

3030773825

OCLC:

1265456330

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.