Sudden Cardiac Death

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Sudden cardiac death 1990: An update

   • A. Bayés de Luna, J. Guindo, J. Bartolucci, P. Torner, M. Dominguez, R. Oter

   Pages 1-11

3. Epidemiology of sudden cardiac death

   • Arthur J. Moss

   Pages 13-17

4. Out-of-hospital sudden death in Spain

   • J. Cosin Aguilar

   Pages 19-30

5. Thrombosis, antithrombotic therapy and sudden death

   • John H. Ip, Valentin Fuster

   Pages 31-40

6. The potential for antiarrhythmic drugs to reduce mortality from sudden cardiac death

   • J. Thomas Bigger Jr.

   Pages 41-62

7. Value of beta-blockers in the treatment of ventricular arrhythmias

   • Nina Rehnqvist

   Pages 63-69

8. Psychological stress and sudden cardiac death

   • S. García-Sánchez, J. Guindo, A. Bayés de Luna

   Pages 71-81

9. Acute and chronic components of ischaemia in acute ischaemic syndromes

   • Attilio Maseri

   Pages 83-86

10. Markers and trigger mechanisms of sudden cardiac death

    • F. Furlanello, R. Bettini, G. Vergara, A. Bertoldi, M. Del Greco, G. B. Durante et al.

    Pages 87-98

11. Lessons from recordings of sudden death by Holter monitoring

    • Jean-François Leclercq, Philippe Coumel

    Pages 99-111

12. Profile of the candidate for sudden cardiac death

    • R. W. F. Campbell

    Pages 113-120

13. Sudden death in patients with intraventricular conduction disorders

    • Henri E. Kulbertus

    Pages 121-126

14. Acute drug test

    • A. Bayés de Luna, J. Guindo, S. García-Sánchez, P. Torner, R. Oter

    Pages 127-133

15. Malignant ventricular arrhythmias

    • Jesús Almendral, Angel Arenal

    Pages 135-145

16. Non pharmacological treatment of ventricular tachycardia

    • Hans-Joachim Trappe, Helmut Klein, Guenter Frank, Paul Wenzlaff, Paul R. Lichtlen

    Pages 147-162

17. Fulguration of chronic ventricular tachycardia

    • G. Fontaine, R. Frank, J. Tonet, I. Rougier, G. Farenq, G. Lascault et al.

    Pages 163-177

18. Transcoronary chemical ablation of tachycardias

    • Pedro Brugada, Hans de Swart, Joep L. R. M. Smeets, Hein J. J. Wellens

    Pages 179-190

19. Sudden death and the autonomic nervous system

    • Philippe Coumel, Jean-Pierre Deschamps

    Pages 191-207

20. Ventricular electrical instability

    • Günter Breithardt, Martin Borggrefe, Antoni Martínez-Rubio

    Pages 209-222

Sudden death is probably the greatest challenge facing modem cardiology today. This is mainly due to the impact of its brusque appearance and the socioeconomic implications. The incidende is presently decreasing somewhat, mainly due to the decline in new cases of ischemic heart disease on one hand, and to better preven­ tion in risk patients on the other. Nevertheless, the figures are still high and represent over 300.000 patients per year in the United States alone. This book is an updating of the problem of sudden death from a multifactorial standpoint. It includes not only electrophysiologic data but also covers aspects ranging from epidemiology to prevention. Risk markers and triggering mechanicsms of sudden death are reviewed, with special emphasis on the role of electrical instability, ischemia and depressed ventricular function. The book includes the contributions from many experts, often pioneers in their respective fields. It is our hope that the book serves as an Updating for those cardiologist who are not specialized in these subjects, but may also be of interest to the expert. We wish to express our sincerest gratitude to the authors for sending in their work so promptly, and also Kluwer Academic Publishers for their exactitude and perfection in this edition.

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The book is drawn together well in two concluding chapters by Wellens and Brugada, and Puech, and is recommended for an up-to-date reference text on this important subject.Journal of Ambulatory Monitoring

• Department of Cardiology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  A. Bayés Luna

• Department of Cardiology, Academic Hospital, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  P. Brugada

• Research Group Spanish Trail on Sudden Death, Hospital ‘La Fe’, Valencia, Spain

  J. Cosin Aguilar

• Department of Cardiology and Coronary Care Unit, Hospital Clinico-University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

  F. Navarro-Lopez

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