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Ventricular Tachycardias

from Mechanism to Therapy

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  • © 1987

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Editors:
  1. Etienne Aliot

    1. Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Central, Nancy, France

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  2. Ralph Lazzara

    1. Department of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Oklahoma Health Center, Oklahoma City, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 71)

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Table of contents (33 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Mechanisms

    1. Cellular mechanisms of ventricular arrhythmias in ischemia

      • Ralph Lazzara
      Pages 1-11

    2. Cellular mechanisms for ectopy in non ischemic ventricle

      • Denis Escande, Edouard Coraboeuf
      Pages 12-25

    3. Mechanisms of ventricular tachycardias in experimental animal models of ischemic heart disease

      • Benjamin J. Scherlag, Eugene Patterson, Ralph Lazzara
      Pages 26-41

  3. Autonomic Nervous System

    1. Parasympathetic effects on electrophysiological properties of mammalian ventricular tissues

      • John C. Bailey, Eric N. Prystowsky
      Pages 42-53

    2. Clinical evaluation of the role of the autonomic nervous system in ventricular arrhythmias

      • Philippe Coumel, Jean-François Leclercq, Jean-Sylvain Hermida, Marc Zimmerman
      Pages 54-75

  4. Etiology and Prognostic

    1. Sustained ventricular tachycardia in the acute phase of myocardial infarction

      • Ch. Dubois, J. P. Smeets, L. Pierard, H. E. Kulbertus
      Pages 76-81

    2. Ventricular tachycardias in non ischemic disease

      • Béatrice Brembilla-Perrot, Etienne Aliot, Arnaud Terrier De La Chaise, Joel Donetti, Khalife Khalife
      Pages 82-94

    3. Ventricular tachycardias in individuals with apparently normal heart

      • E. Aliot, B. Brembilla-Perrot, K. Khalife, A. Terrier De La Chaise, M. Bianchi, J. M. Gilgenkrantz
      Pages 95-112

    4. Right ventricular dysplasias

      • G. Fontaine, F. Fontaliran, E. Martin de la Salle, A. Pavie, C. Cabrol, G. Chomette et al.
      Pages 113-133

    5. Ventricular arrhythmias in the young: clinical and experimental findings

      • Arthur Garson Jr.
      Pages 134-152

    6. Late ventricular tachycardia after repair of tetralogy of Fallot

      • F. Marçon, C. Pernot
      Pages 153-163

    7. Drug-induced torsades de pointes: clinical and experimental observations bearing on mechanism

      • Warren M. Jackman, Karen J. Friday, Bela Szabo, Eugene Patterson, Etienne M. Aliot, Ralph Lazzara
      Pages 164-182

    8. Mechanisms of sudden death during Holter monitoring: A study of 74 cases

      • J. F. Leclercq, P. Maisonblanche, B. Cauchemez, P. Coumel
      Pages 183-202

  5. Clinical Aspects and Non Invasive Methods

    1. Exercise stress testing in the management of ventricular tachycardias

      • R. W. F. Campbell, P. B. Alabi
      Pages 203-208

    2. Malignant arrythmias during exercise testing: a French cooperative study

      • J. P. Broustet, H. Douard, B. Mora
      Pages 209-213

    3. The value of the 12 lead ECG in diagnosing ventricular tachycardia and in localizing its site of origin

      • Hein J. J. Wellens, Pedro Brugada
      Pages 214-230

    4. Regional phase mapping of radionuclide gated biventriculograms in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia

      • D. Le Guludec, C. Sebag, M. Bourguignon, H. Valette, P. Merlet, A. Sirinelli et al.
      Pages 231-245

    5. Methods and results of noninvasive detection of ventricular late potentials

      • Edward J. Berbari, Leonard Decarlo, Karen J. Friday, Warren M. Jackman
      Pages 246-255

    6. Role of ventricular late potentials for identification of patients at risk of ventricular tachycardia

      • Günter Breithardt, Martin Borggrefe, Klaus Haerten, Joachim Schwarzmaier, Ulrich Karbenn, Andrea Podczeck
      Pages 256-270
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About this book

The rhythm of the heart, its normal functioning and pathologic disturbances, has been a favored subject of investigation by clinical and basic scientists in recent decades. This heightened interest and attention was stimulated by the somber and surprising revelations from epidemiologists and pathologists of the enormity of the number of sudden arrhythmic deaths in the Western world, and the concurrent advancement of technology for recording and control of electrical activity of the heart. Technological advancements have included the recording of intracellular potentials from cardiac cells, the recording of intracardiac extra­ cellular potentials generated by specific cardiac structures, simultaneous record­ ings from numerous sites with computer processing for spatial mapping of activa­ tion or potential variations with time, high gain, high resolution recordings with signal averaging for detecting potentials of low amplitudes, complex stimulation protocols, various high energy stimulation modes, intracellular voltage control of multicellular preparations and single cardiac cells, and the isolation of single cardiac cells for electrophysiological study. The interest and technology have produced an increasing bounty of information and understanding, acceptable solutions to some clinical problems, and definite progress toward solutions to other problems. Progress in research in electrophysiology and arrhythmias has been reviewed and highlighted in various meetings and books in recent years. Because the body of information has become so large, general overviews of the field have neces­ sarily been superficial in certain aspects or have contained gaps.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Central, Nancy, France

    Etienne Aliot

  • Department of Cardiology, Veterans Administration Medical Center and University of Oklahoma Health Center, Oklahoma City, USA

    Ralph Lazzara

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ventricular Tachycardias

  • Book Subtitle: from Mechanism to Therapy

  • Editors: Etienne Aliot, Ralph Lazzara

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3323-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1987

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-881-7Due: 31 October 1987

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7992-1Published: 08 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-3323-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 400

  • Topics: Cardiology

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