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Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes

Origins, Evaluation, and Treatment

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. David G. Benditt

    1. Section of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA

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  2. D. Woodrow Benson

    1. Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Basic Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Ventricular Preexcitation: Historical Overview

      • Howard B. Burchell
      Pages 3-19

    3. Developmental Aspects and Natural History of Preexcitation Syndromes

      • Ann Dunnigan
      Pages 21-29

    4. Anatomic Basis for Preexcitation Syndromes

      • Donald B. Hackel
      Pages 31-40

  3. Electrocardiographic and Electrophysiologic Manifestations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Electrocardiographic Aspects of the Preexcitation Syndromes

      • Charles C. Gornick, D. Woodrow Benson Jr.
      Pages 43-73

    3. First Harmonic Fourier (Phase) Analysis of Blood Pool Scintigrams for the Analysis of Cardiac Conduction Abnormalities

      • Elias H. Botvinick, Melvin M. Scheinman, Michael W. Dae, J. William O’Connell, Donald B. Faulkner
      Pages 75-118

    4. The Spectrum of Tachyarrhythmias in Preexcitation Syndromes

      • Fred Morady
      Pages 119-139

    5. Role of His-Purkinje System in the Initiation of Orthodromic Tachycardia in Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

      • Masood Akhtar, Michael H. Lehmann, Stephen Denker, Rehan Mahmud
      Pages 141-150

    6. Response of Accessory AV Pathways to Exercise and Catecholamines

      • Samuel Lévy, Jean-Paul Broustet, Marc Metge, Roland Cointe, Gérard Faugère, Raymond Gérard
      Pages 151-162

  4. Spectrum of Preexcitation Syndromes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Electrophysiologic Characteristics of Accessory Connections: An Overview

      • Ruey J. Sung, Der-Yan Tai
      Pages 165-199

    3. Role of Nodoventricular and Fasciculoventricular Connections in Tachyarrhythmias

      • John J. Gallagher
      Pages 201-232

    4. The Permanent Form of Junctional Reciprocating Tachycardia

      • Giuseppe Critelli, John J. Gallagher, Gaetano Thiene, Lino Rossi
      Pages 233-253

    5. AV Node Bypass Tracts and Enhanced AV Conduction: Relation to Ventricular Preexcitation

      • David G. Benditt, David Dunbar, Adrian Almquist, Shanda Pool-Schneider
      Pages 255-278

    6. Enhanced AV Conduction: Characteristics of Retrograde Conduction

      • Anne Hamilton Dougherty, Gerald V. Naccarelli
      Pages 279-287

    7. Preexcitation Syndromes Associated with Congenital Heart Disease

      • Co-burn J. Porter, David R. Holmes Jr.
      Pages 289-301

  5. Electrophysiologic Evaluation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 303-303
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    2. Initial Evaluation of Patients with the Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

      • George J. Klein, Arjun D. Sharma, Simon Milstein
      Pages 305-319
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correction of such a reentry when he observed The W olff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome, . . . in a favourable experiment, the vigorous the most common variety of preexcitation, has for some time held a fascination for those circulating wave and its instantaneous arrest by interested in clinical electrophysiology because section of the ring is a sight not easily forgotten. it seems to represent a naturally occurring event which, if adequately understood, would un­ Courageous is the only way to describe the mask answers to many fundamental questions first attempt to surgically interrupt an accessory concerning mechanisms and treatment of car­ pathway. The immensity of the feat speaks for diac arrhythmias. Thus, it has been described by itself: Open heart surgery was performed to Scherf and Neufeld [1] as the "Rosetta Stone" divide an invisible stream of electrons! This of electrocardiography. historic event was not anticipated. A fisherman The historic overview of the pre excitation from the coast of North Carolina presented to syndromes will be deferred to Dr. Burchell's Duke University Medical Center in 1968 with authoritative chapter, but a few highlights de­ refractory supraventricular tachycardia related serve emphasis here because they graphically to the WPW syndrome [2]. Attempts to control portray how elements of serendipity, courage, the tachycardia medically failed. Dr. Andrew and luck played important roles in the unfold­ Wallace (then Director of the Coronary Care Unit) had recently returned from the NIH ing of the mysteries of preexcitation.

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`I suspect that this book will be the gospel on preexcitation for some time to come.'
The American Journal of Cardiology (1986)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Section of Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA

    David G. Benditt

  • Pediatric Cardiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, USA

    D. Woodrow Benson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Cardiac Preexcitation Syndromes

  • Book Subtitle: Origins, Evaluation, and Treatment

  • Editors: David G. Benditt, D. Woodrow Benson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7526-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Boston 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4684-7528-9Published: 29 April 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4684-7526-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 576

  • Number of Illustrations: 933 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Cardiology

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