Electrocardiography and Cardiac Drug Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Electrocardiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Systolic time intervals: basis and application

      • David H. Spodick

      Pages 3-10

   3. Exercise testing problems in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease

      • Myrvin H. Ellestad

      Pages 11-18

   4. The current role of exercise testing in the diagnosis and management of patients with cardiac dysrhythmias

      • Thomas B. Graboys

      Pages 19-26

   5. The use of exercise testing in Comprehensive Coronary Care (C.C.C.)

      • J. J. Kellermann, E. Ben-Ari, M. Hayet, E. Z. Fisman

      Pages 27-44

3. Ambulatory Monitoring

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 45-45

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   2. Holter ECG and the evaluation of patient’s symptoms

      • H. Weber, H. Schmidinger, Ch. Auinger, J. Wolfram, T. Rimpfl, G. Norman et al.

      Pages 47-57

   3. Holter ECG and the diagnosis of cardiac arrhythmias

      • Harold L. Kennedy, Robert D. Wiens

      Pages 58-78

   4. Silent myocardial ischemia on ambulatory Holter monitoring and exercise testing: detection, characteristics and significance

      • Shlomo Stern, Dan Tzivoni

      Pages 79-87

   5. Holter ECG and the evaluation of pacemakers

      • M. Höher, E. Vonderbank, H. W. Verhoeven, T. Eggeling, M. Kochs, V. Hombach et al.

      Pages 88-102

   6. ECG telemetry and ambulatory ECG: role in cardiac rehabilitation

      • Nanette K. Wenger

      Pages 103-107

   7. Ambulatory blood pressure

      • Edward Bernard Raftery

      Pages 108-121

   8. Ambulatory recording of cardio-respiratory disorders: sleep apnea syndrome

      • Jörg Hermann Peter, Peter Von Wichert

      Pages 122-131

   9. Long-term spontaneous variability of simple and complex ventricular ectopy

      • Georg Schmidt, Kurt Ulm, Liselotte Goedel-Meinen, Gabriele Jahns, Petra Barthel, Bernd Stief et al.

      Pages 132-138

4. High Resolution Electrocardiography

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139

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   2. Detection of his bundle potentials

      • Richard Vincent

      Pages 141-150

   3. Detection of ventricular late potentials with signal averaging

      • Edward J. Berbari, Benjamin J. Scherlag, Ralph Lazzara

      Pages 151-166

   4. The influence of fibrinolytic therapy using streptokinase on the frequency and pattern of ventricular late potentials

      • L. Goedel-Meinen, M. Hofmann, G. Schmidt, G. Jahns, G. Klein, W. Baedeker et al.

      Pages 167-171

   5. High resolution electrocardiography. Basic and clinical aspects

      • Nabil El-Sherif, Mark Restivo, William Craelius, Raphael Henkin, George Kelen, John M. Fontaine et al.

      Pages 172-203

This book is a comprehensive overview of electrocardiography and the major effects of current cardiac pharmacological therapy on electrocardiography. The text is based on work presented at the International Symposium on Non-invasive Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, held in May, 1987 at the University of Cologne. The theme of the book is to review, in broad clinical perspective the current state-of-the-art of electrocardiography as it pertains to standard electrocar­ diograms, exercise testing, ambulatory electrocardiography, electrocardiographic telemetry, and high resolution electrocardiography. Furthermore, advance!, in cardiac drug therapy in relation to diuretics, beta blocking drugs, antiarrhythmic agents and thrombolytic agents are reviewed. The emphasis of the conference and this book is to review the clinical state-of-the-art information and applications in this regard. In the initial section on electrocardiography, Dr. Spodick reviews our present day physiologic and pathophysiologic understanding of systolic time intervals, and how they are affected by a variety of cardiac disease states and pharmacologic agents. Dr. Ellestad examines problems and provides pragmatic tips on exercise testing in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease, and advances in exercise scores and computer analysis. Dr. Graboys reviews the value of exercise testing in the diagnosis and management of patients with serious ventricular arrhythmias. Dr. Kellermann presents the complimentary role that exercise testing plays in com­ prehensive follow-up therapy of the cardiac patient, and the use of exercise for work and physical training. Detailed information concerning the interaction of cardiac rehabilitation and ventricular arrhythmias are examined.

• blood pressure
• coronary artery disease
• electrocardiogram (ECG)
• electrocardiography
• magnetocardiography
• rehabilitation

• Department of Cardiology-Angiology-Pneumology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

  V. Hombach

• Department of Cardiology - Angiology - Pneumology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

  H. H. Hilger

• Division of Cardiology, St. Louis University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA

  H. L. Kennedy

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