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Sudden death : causes, risk factors and prevention [E-Book]

Contributor(s): Series: Cardiology research and clinical developments seriesPublisher: New York : Nova Biomedical, [2013]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
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ISBN:
  • 9781626188440
  • 1626188440
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Contents:
SUDDEN DEATH ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; Contents ; Preface ; Chapter I A Rare Lethal Syndrome in Search of Its Identity: Sudden Death, 1Right Bundle Branch Block and ST Segment Elevation ; Abstract ; Introduction ; Anecdotes ; Historical Notes; Definition of Terms ; The "Symptoms" of the Syndrome; The "Signs" of the Syndrome ; The Basal ECG ; Prevalence of the ECG Pattern and of the Syndrome in Different Populations ; Class 1c Drugs Challenge ; The ECG during Effort ; Similar ECG in Different Situations; Further Non-Invasive and Invasive ECG Evaluations.
Arrhythmias Linked to the Syndrome Intra-Cavitary ECG Recordings and Stimulation Studies ; 2D Echocardiogram, Nuclear Magnetic Echocardiography, Resonance Studies (NMR), Radionuclide Angiography and Electron Beam Tomography; Cardiac Angiography ; Genetic Studies ; Experimental Findings; Embryologic Studies ; Bioptic Studies and Autopsy ; Other Clinical Features of the Syndrome: Role of the Autonomic Tone ; Risk Stratification and Therapy ; Conclusion ; References ; Chapter II Experimental Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Brugada Syndrome ; Abstract ; Abbreviations ; Introduction.
Ion Currents and Action Potentials in Brugada Syndrome Gene Mutations and Brugada Syndrome ; Electrophysiological Abnormality and Heterogeneity in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract of an Experimental Model of Brugada Syndrome ; Mechanism of Arrhythmogenesis in Brugada Syndrome ; Conduction Delay in the Epicardium of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Fragmented QRS in Brugada Syndrome ; T Wave Alternans in Brugada Syndrome ; Temperature Sensitivity in Brugada Syndrome ; Spontaneous ECG Alterations Predict Ventricular Fibrillation in Brugada Syndrome.
Genotype-Phenotype Correlationin Brugada Syndrome Risk Stratification of Brugada Syndrome from Experiment Observations ; Limitations ; Summary ; Notes ; References ; Chapter III SCN5A Variants and Sudden Cardiac Death ; Abstract ; Introduction ; Part One ; A1180V and Dilated Cardiomyopathy ; Part Two ; R1193Q and Long QT Syndrome ; References ; Chapter IV Predictors and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death ; Abstract ; Prevention of SCD; SCD in Patients with Significant Cardiovascular Diseases ; I. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) ; II. LV Systolic Dysfunction and Cardiomyopathy.
III. Cardiac Arrhythmias IV. Valvular Heart Diseases and Congenital Heart Diseases ; Predictors of SCD ; 1. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ; 2. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class ; 3. ECG Findings ; Width of the QRS Complex ; QTc Interval ; Abnormal J-Wave ; a. Brugada Syndrome ; b. Early Repolarization Syndrome ; Fragmented wide QRS Complex ; T-Wave Abnormality ; Ventricular Late Potential ; 4. Autonomic Nervous System ; Heart Rate Variability (HRV) ; Heart Rate Turbulence (HRT) ; Deceleration Capacity of Rate (DC) ; Conclusion ; References.
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SUDDEN DEATH ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data ; Contents ; Preface ; Chapter I A Rare Lethal Syndrome in Search of Its Identity: Sudden Death, 1Right Bundle Branch Block and ST Segment Elevation ; Abstract ; Introduction ; Anecdotes ; Historical Notes; Definition of Terms ; The "Symptoms" of the Syndrome; The "Signs" of the Syndrome ; The Basal ECG ; Prevalence of the ECG Pattern and of the Syndrome in Different Populations ; Class 1c Drugs Challenge ; The ECG during Effort ; Similar ECG in Different Situations; Further Non-Invasive and Invasive ECG Evaluations.

Arrhythmias Linked to the Syndrome Intra-Cavitary ECG Recordings and Stimulation Studies ; 2D Echocardiogram, Nuclear Magnetic Echocardiography, Resonance Studies (NMR), Radionuclide Angiography and Electron Beam Tomography; Cardiac Angiography ; Genetic Studies ; Experimental Findings; Embryologic Studies ; Bioptic Studies and Autopsy ; Other Clinical Features of the Syndrome: Role of the Autonomic Tone ; Risk Stratification and Therapy ; Conclusion ; References ; Chapter II Experimental Mechanisms of Arrhythmias in Brugada Syndrome ; Abstract ; Abbreviations ; Introduction.

Ion Currents and Action Potentials in Brugada Syndrome Gene Mutations and Brugada Syndrome ; Electrophysiological Abnormality and Heterogeneity in the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract of an Experimental Model of Brugada Syndrome ; Mechanism of Arrhythmogenesis in Brugada Syndrome ; Conduction Delay in the Epicardium of the Right Ventricular Outflow Tract and Fragmented QRS in Brugada Syndrome ; T Wave Alternans in Brugada Syndrome ; Temperature Sensitivity in Brugada Syndrome ; Spontaneous ECG Alterations Predict Ventricular Fibrillation in Brugada Syndrome.

Genotype-Phenotype Correlationin Brugada Syndrome Risk Stratification of Brugada Syndrome from Experiment Observations ; Limitations ; Summary ; Notes ; References ; Chapter III SCN5A Variants and Sudden Cardiac Death ; Abstract ; Introduction ; Part One ; A1180V and Dilated Cardiomyopathy ; Part Two ; R1193Q and Long QT Syndrome ; References ; Chapter IV Predictors and Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death ; Abstract ; Prevention of SCD; SCD in Patients with Significant Cardiovascular Diseases ; I. Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) ; II. LV Systolic Dysfunction and Cardiomyopathy.

III. Cardiac Arrhythmias IV. Valvular Heart Diseases and Congenital Heart Diseases ; Predictors of SCD ; 1. Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) ; 2. New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Class ; 3. ECG Findings ; Width of the QRS Complex ; QTc Interval ; Abnormal J-Wave ; a. Brugada Syndrome ; b. Early Repolarization Syndrome ; Fragmented wide QRS Complex ; T-Wave Abnormality ; Ventricular Late Potential ; 4. Autonomic Nervous System ; Heart Rate Variability (HRV) ; Heart Rate Turbulence (HRT) ; Deceleration Capacity of Rate (DC) ; Conclusion ; References.

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