Electrocardiology

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

The analysis of electric signals of the heart is one of the most fundamental and informative research and clinical tools of cardiology and internal medicine. This book covers the latest developments in the field of electrocardiology. It will be useful for every physician and cardiologist.

This volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of the recent advances in the field of electrocardiology, giving a unified framework for a multidisciplinary approach to further studies in this highly complex field. It should serve as a valuable reference for practising, clinical and investigative cardiologists as well as graduate students.

Electrocardiology has witnessed a century of development since the introduction of Einthoven's Galvanometer. With rapid progress in the scientific, technological and clinical aspects of the field of electrocardiology in recent years, electrocardiology now covers a wide range of topics from molecules as the electrical origin of the heart to diagnostic and therapeutic applications for cardiovascular diseases. This volume presents the latest information and developments in the field, from basic science to clinical electrocardiology. A wide range of topics are covered, including molecular biology, genetics, channelopathy, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, modeling of cardiac electrical activity, cardiac mapping, as well as diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiac disease and arrhythmic disorders.Contributors to the volume include leading experts in the field such as PJ Schwartz, C Antzelevitch, Y Rudy, HJGM Vrijin, DG Escande, AAM Wilde, DA Kass, J Jalife and A d'Avila. The book is an essential source of reference for cardiologists and electrocardiologists.

This issue of Cardiac Electrophysiology Clinics, Guest Edited by Drs. Giuseppe Bagliani, Roberto De Ponti, and Fabio Leonelli is dedicated to The Complex World of Cardiac Pre-Excitation: towards Precision Electrocardiology. This is one of four issues selected each year by the series Consulting Editors, Ranjan K. Thakur and Andrea Natale. Topics include, but are not limited to, Anatomy of the AV junction, Pre-excitation, Algorithms to identify accessory pathways location on 12-lead ECG, Pathophysiology of accessory pathways-mediated arrhythmias, Arrhythmias with by-stander accessory pathways, Arrhythmias involving unusual accessory pathways, Sudden cardiac death in patients with ventricular pre-excitation, Clinical approach to symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with ventricular pre-excitation, Methodology of accessory pathway ablation, Ablation of accessory pathways with unusual anatomic location, Ablation of accessory pathways with uncommon electrophysiologic properties, and Ablation in pediatric patients and in association with congenital heart disease.

This conference had as its focus the phrase 'From the Cell to the Body Surface'. It comprised five minisymposia, which concentrated on some of the major issues of the day for basic scientists and clinicians. In addition to the invited papers, the proceedings contain volume presentations and posters selected from among abstracts sent in by some of the most important investigators in electrocardiology worldwide.

New advances in both the theoretical and the practical aspects of electrocardiology are covered in this volume. The very latest techniques and their clinical applications are reviewed; these applications include cardiac mapping, ECG, VCG and late potentials analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.Other highlights of the proceedings are computer analysis and computer applications in electrocardiology, heart activation modelling and body surface mapping. The proceedings will be of interest to researchers in cardiology, clinical cardiologists, physicians, biophysicists and bioengineers.