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Heart Failure and Arrhythmias

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Johannes Brachmann

    1. Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

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  2. Rainer Dietz

    1. Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

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  3. Wolfgang Kübler

    1. Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

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Table of contents (19 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  3. Approaches to Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    3. Antiarrhythmic Approach

      1. Editorial: Heart Failure and Malignant Ventricular Arrhythmias
        • A. J. Camm
        Pages 91-92
      2. Heart Failure and Ventricular Arrhythmias — The Antiarrhythmic Approach
        • B. Lüderitz
        Pages 93-99
      3. When to Treat Arrhythmias in Heart Failure?
        • A. P. M. Gorgels, P. Brugada, H. J. J. Wellens
        Pages 100-110
      4. Antiarrhythmic Drugs in Heart Failure
        • J. Brachmann, C. Schmitt, T. Beyer, B. Waldecker, T. Hilbel, M. Schweizer et al.
        Pages 111-118
      5. Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Malignant Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
        • S. Saksena
        Pages 119-135
      6. Role of Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Patients with Congestive Heart Failure
        • R. L. Woosley
        Pages 136-143
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Heart failure is a clinical entity characterized by a certain combination of symptoms and signs. Although there is neither a definition covering all aspects of it nor any generally accepted criteria for evaluating its severity, it is the endstage of many different heart diseases, in most cases associated with a poor prognosis. Approximately 50% of the patients with advanced heart failure die from pump failure, whereas the other half succumb suddenly and unexpectedly due to ventricular tachyar­ rhythmias. Although impaired left ventricular function is the main risk factor, sudden death may already occur in less severe cases of heart failure. In certain cardiac diseases, such as dilative cardiomyopathy, the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias may be related directly to the underlying heart disease, as the frequency and severity (Lown classifica­ tion) of ventricular ectopics are not related to left ventricular impair­ ment. Treatment of ventricular tachyarrhythmias is still an unsolved prob­ lem, especially in patients with heart failure, who need it the most. The vast majority of antiarrhythmic agents are more or less negatively ino­ tropic and may therefore substantially aggravate ventricular impair­ ment. Nonpharmacological approaches - such as the implantation of a defibrillator - still require major surgery with the associated increased risk to the patient in heart failure. No agreement has yet been reached on the criteria for evaluating how effective treatment has been, either for heart failure or for ventricular tachyarrhythmias.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology, Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Heidelberg, Germany

    Johannes Brachmann, Rainer Dietz, Wolfgang Kübler

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Heart Failure and Arrhythmias

  • Editors: Johannes Brachmann, Rainer Dietz, Wolfgang Kübler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75326-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-75328-2Published: 12 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-75326-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 179

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cardiology, Pharmacology/Toxicology

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