Acknowledgments This chapter is dedicated to Professor Bruno Taccardi—a scientist, a gentleman, and a dear friend. He will be greatly missed. I am indebted to my outstanding graduate students, research and clinical fellows, and many collaborators who helped make ECGI…
Acknowledgment Dr. Benditt is supported in part by a grant provided by the Dr. Earl E. Bakken family in support of heart-brain research. Introduction The autonomic nervous system (ANS) controls multiple critical involuntary “background” functions in virtually all body organs.…
The rapid growth in the complexity of interventional electrophysiology made the inherent limitation of fluoroscopic imaging quite clear. Although three-dimensional (3D) electroanatomic mapping and preprocedural anatomic imaging have been important in augmenting our intraprocedural understanding of cardiac and extracardiac anatomy,…
Introduction Today’s successful electrophysiologist must not only be a competent proceduralist but also a physician who understands the pathophysiology of arrhythmias, new drug targets and developments, complexities of new technologies, and various treatment options. Additionally, an in-depth understanding of cardiac…
This chapter reviews the technical background and current uses of cardiac computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Imaging plays a fundamental role in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. The increased use of…
Introduction Over the past 30 years, globalization of the Internet and establishment of the smartphone as the dominant computing platform of our time have created enormous cultural shifts. The ability of an individual to instantly access personalized information and services…
Introduction Ambulatory cardiac monitoring to detect arrhythmias became practical with the development of Holter monitoring and its subsequent derivatives. The clinician is currently armed with an array of tools to provide progressively longer durations of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring to obtain…
Introduction The differential diagnosis of tachycardias using the electrocardiogram (ECG) remains among the most difficult problems faced by cardiologists in daily practice. Distinguishing supraventricular tachycardias (SVTs) from ventricular tachycardias (VTs) has obvious importance because treatments are very different. This chapter…
Introduction Evaluation of the patient suspected to have a cardiac arrhythmia is a frequent reason for referral to a cardiologist. In patients presenting with an acute, ongoing arrhythmia, the role of the cardiologist is to quickly gather and synthesize the…
Acknowledgments We thank Álvaro Macías Martínez, Francisco Miguel Cruz Uréndez, Ana Isabel Moreno Manuel, Lilian Karina Gutiérrez Espinosa de los Monteros, and Isabel Martínez Carrascoso for their helpful discussions and critical review of the manuscript. J.J. has received funding from…