Table of Contents

PART 1: BASIC CONCEPTS Chapter 1 Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Stanley Nattel I. The Electrical System of the Heart II. Ion Mechanisms of the Cardiac Action Potential III. Regulation of Ionic Permeabilities Chapter 2 Antiarrhythmic Drugs Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Stanley Nattel I. General Principles II. Specific Antiarrhythmic Drugs III. Proarrhythmia PART 2: DISORDERS OF IMPULSE FORMATION AND CONDUCTION Chapter 3 Sinoatrial Node Disorders Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Mario Talajic I. General Principles II. Specific Entities III. Diagnostics for Sinoatrial Node Disorders IV. Therapy V. Cardiology Evaluation Chapter 4 Atrioventricular Conduction Disorders Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Mario Talajic I. General Principles II. First-Degree AV Block III. Second-Degree AV Block IV. 2:1 AV Block V. Third-Degree AV Block VI. AV Dissociation VII. Fascicular Blocks PART 3: SYNCOPE, SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH, AND CLINICAL ARRHYTHMIAS Chapter 5 Syncope Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Peter Guerra I. General Principles II. Mechanisms III. Clinical History IV. Physical Examination V. Diagnosis VI. Therapy VII. Cardiology Evaluation Chapter 6 Sudden Cardiac Death Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Laurent Macle I. General Principles II. Mechanisms III. Clinical History IV. Physical Examination V. Diagnosis VI. Therapy VII. Diseases with Increased Risk of Arrhythmic SCD Chapter 7 Atrial Fibrillation Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Marc Dubuc I. General Principles II. Mechanisms III. Clinical History IV. Physical Examination V. Diagnosis VI. Therapy VII. Primary Prevention VIII. Cardiology Evaluation Chapter 8 Atrial Flutter Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Lena Rivard I. Types of Atrial Flutter II. Atypical Atrial Flutter Chapter 9 Supraventricular Arrhythmias Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Laurent Macle I. General Principles II. Premature Supraventricular Contractions III. Atrial Tachycardia IV. Junctional Tachycardia V. Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia VI. Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia VII. Short PR Syndrome Chapter 10 Ventricular Arrhythmias Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Mario Talajic I. General Principles II. Premature Ventricular Contraction III. Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm IV. Ventricular Tachycardia V. Bidirectional VT VI. Bundle Branch Reentry VT VII. Ventricular Flutter VIII. Ventricular Fibrillation PART 4: PACEMAKERS, DEFIBRILLATORS, AND TECHNIQUES Chapter 11 Permanent Pacing Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Bernard Thibault I. General Principles II. Pacing Codes and Modes III. Principles of Pacemaker Implantation and Follow-up IV. Basic Programming V. Pacemaker Complications and Troubleshooting VI. Physiologic Pacing VII. Biventricular Pacing in Systolic Heart Failure Chapter 12 Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Bernard Thibault I. General Principles II. Basic Programming III. Principles of ICD Implantation and Follow-up IV. ICD Complications and Troubleshooting V. Adjunctive Therapy with ICDs Chapter 13 Selected Techniques and Interventions Miguel A. Barrero Garcia and Paul Khairy I. Electrophysiological Study II. Temporary Pacing III. Electric Cardioversion IV. External Defibrillation V. Carotid Sinus Massage VI. Tilt Table Testing VII. Autonomic Testing (other than TTT) VIII. Signal-averaged ECG IX. T-Wave Alternans Testing X. Anticoagulation in EP

About the Author

Miguel A. Barrero Garcia, MD, Centre Hospitalier Regional de Trois Rivieres, Quebec Laurent Macle, MD, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Canada; Universite de Montreal Paul Khairy, MD, PhD, FRCP(c) Canada Research Chair, Electrophysiology and Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Director, Adult Congenital Heart Centre, Montreal Heart Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Montreal; Research Director, Boston Adult Congenital Heart Service, Harvard University Stanley Nattel, MD, Professor of Medicine and Paul-David Chair in Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, University of Montreal; Cardiologist and Director of Electrophysiology Research Program, Montreal Heart Institute

Reviews

This book effectively summarizes the foundation of the field, including management at the patient's bedside. Its strength is the ability of the authors to present complex ideas in an understandable format to enable clinicians to effectively apply the knowledge and therapies to individual patients. By providing overviews of the fundamentals of arrhythmias and therapies, the book helps give clinicians the confidence to manage patients with cardiac rhythm disturbances. - Doody Review (Nicholas Hanna, MD) - Electrophysiology for Clinicians is a superb distillation of the field for clinicians. Authored by leaders in the field, led from the Montreal Heart Institute, it is a clear and concise text emphasizing clinically valuable insights and providing their pathophysiologic basis. Overviews of the fundamentals of arrhythmias and therapies provide the clinician with the necessary foundation for incorporation and retention of new advances into their knowledge base. This book is of great value to health care providers who care for patients with cardiac arrhythmias. - William G. Stevenson, MD