CLINICAL ARRHYTHMOLOGY -- Contents -- Foreword by Dr. Valentin Fuster -- Foreword by Dr. Pere Brugada i Terradellas -- Preface -- Recommended General Bibliography -- PART I Anatomical and Electrophysiological Considerations, Clinical Aspects, and Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias -- Chapter 1 Clinical Aspects of Arrhythmias -- Definition of arrhythmia -- Classification -- Clinical significance and symptoms -- The importance of clinical history and physical examination in diagnosis and assessment of arrhythmias -- The importance of surface ECG and other techniques -- Electrocardiographic diagnosis of arrhythmias: preliminary considerations -- References -- Chapter 2 Anatomic and Electrophysiologic Basis -- Anatomic basis -- Electrophysiologic characteristics -- References -- Chapter 3 Electrophysiologic Mechanisms -- Mechanisms responsible for active cardiac arrhythmias -- Mechanisms leading to passive arrhythmias -- References -- PART II Diagnosis, Prognosis and Treatment of Arrhythmias -- Chapter 4 Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias -- Premature supraventricular complexes -- Sinus tachycardia -- Monomorphic atrial tachycardia -- Junctional reentrant (reciprocating) tachycardia -- AV junctional tachycardia due to ectopic focus -- Chaotic atrial tachycardia -- Atrial fibrillation -- Atrial flutter -- Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias and atrial wave morphology: monomorphic and polymorphic morphology -- Differential diagnosis of supraventricular tachyarrhythmias with regular RR intervals and narrow QRS -- Electrocardiographic diagnosis of the paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias: a sequential approach -- References -- Chapter 5 Active Ventricular Arrhythmias -- Premature ventricular complexes -- Ventricular tachycardias -- Ventricular flutter -- Ventricular fibrillation -- References -- Chapter 6 Passive Arrhythmias.

Escape complex and escape rhythm -- Sinus bradycardia due to sinus automaticity depression -- Sinoatrial block -- Atrial block -- Atrioventricular block -- Ventricular blocks -- Cardiac arrest -- The pacemaker electrocardiography -- Clinical, prognostic, and therapeutic implications of passive arrhythmias -- References -- Chapter 7 Analytical Study of an Arrhythmia -- Determining the presence of a dominant rhythm -- Atrial waves analysis -- QRS complex analysis -- Atrioventricular relationship analysis -- Premature complex analysis -- Pauses analysis -- Delayed complex analysis -- Analysis of the P wave and QRS-T complexes of variable morphology -- Repetitive arrhythmias analysis: bigeminal rhythm -- Differential diagnosis between several arrhythmias in special situations -- References -- PART III The ECG and Risk of Arrhythmias and Sudden Death in Different Heart Diseases and Situations -- Chapter 8 Ventricular Pre-Excitation -- Concept and types of pre-excitation -- WPW-type pre-excitation -- Atypical pre-excitation -- Short PR interval pre-excitation -- References -- Chapter 9 Inherited Heart Diseases -- Introduction -- Cardiomyopathies -- Specific conduction system involvement: Lenegre syndrome -- Ionic channel disorders in the absence of apparent structural heart disease: channelopathies -- References -- Chapter 10 Other ECG Patterns of Risk -- Severe sinus bradycardia -- Advanced interatrial block with left atrial retrograde conduction -- High-risk ventricular block -- Advanced atrioventricular block -- The presence of ventricular arrhythmias in chronic heart disease patients -- Acquired long QT -- Electrical alternans -- Other electrocardiographic patterns of risk for sudden death -- Risk of serious arrhythmias and sudden death in patients with normal or nearly normal ECG -- References.

Chapter 11 Arrhythmias in Different Heart Diseases and Situations -- Ischemic heart disease -- Heart failure -- Valvular heart disease -- Congenital heart disease -- Hypertensive heart disease -- Myocarditis -- Cor pulmonale -- Pericardial disease -- Sudden death in other heart diseases -- Sudden infant death syndrome -- Athletes -- Alcohol intake -- Special situations -- Sudden death in apparently healthy people -- References -- Appendix -- A-1 Introduction -- A-2 Calculation of sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value -- A-3 Diagnostic techniques -- A-4 Therapeutic techniques -- A-5 Antiarrhythmic agents -- A-6 Classification of the recommendations for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and level of evidence (AHA/ESC/ACC Guidelines) -- References -- Index -- Plate section facing p. 118.