This book translates fundamental knowledge in basic cardiac electrophysiology from the bench to the bedside. Revised and updated for its second edition, the text offers new coverage of the molecular mechanisms of ion channel behavior and its regulation, complex arrhythmias, and the broadening roles of devices and ablation. Clear, straightforward explanations are illustrated by plentiful diagrams to make the material accessible to the non-specialist.
Author(s): Jose Jalife, Mario Delmar, Justus Anumonwo, Omer Berenfeld, Jerome Kalifa
Edition: 2
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 360
Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Clinician, Second Edition......Page 2
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Foreword to the Second Edition......Page 12
Foreword to the First Edition......Page 14
Introduction......Page 18
CHAPTER 1: Bioelectricity......Page 24
CHAPTER 2: Ion Channels......Page 60
CHAPTER 3: Ion Channel Regulation......Page 89
CHAPTER 4: Impulse Initiation and Propagation in Cardiac Muscle......Page 109
CHAPTER 5: Rate Dependency of Discontinuous Propagation......Page 138
CHAPTER 6: Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias......Page 169
CHAPTER 7: Rotors, Spirals, and Scroll Waves in the Heart......Page 208
CHAPTER 8: Rotors and the Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation......Page 241
CHAPTER 9: Molecular Mechanisms of Ventricular Fibrillation......Page 271
CHAPTER 10: Inheritable Arrhythmogenic Diseases......Page 293
Bibliography......Page 333
Index......Page 352
