JOSEPHSON'S CLINICAL CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Description

Turn to this updated, classic text for a thoroughunderstanding of the mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias and the therapeuticinterventions used to treat them. Josephsons Clinical CardiacElectrophysiology, 5th Edition delivers Dr. Mark Josephsons unparalleledguidance on the electrophysiologic methodology required to define the mechanismand site of origin of arrhythmias enabling you to choose the safest and mosteffective therapy for each patient.

Key Features

• Get comprehensive coverage of mechanisms, clinical implications, and limitations of current therapeutic interventions, including drugs, and catheter and surgical ablation.

• Gain a better visual understanding thanks to more than 1,100 illustrations (over 100 are new!), an increased number of 3-D color anatomical mapping images, ECG examples, photographs of equipment, and procedural diagrams.

• Stay up to date with information on new technologies of ablation and pitfalls of interpreting data; innovative new catheters; new drug information; and new tables summarizing SVT and VT criteria.

• Benefit from Dr. Josephsons decades of experience as the father of clinical cardiac electrophysiology, and learn from his proven approaches and methods in this challenging area.

Now with the printedition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, which can be downloadedto your tablet and smartphone or accessed online and includes features like:

· Complete contentwith enhanced navigation
· Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results fromcontent in the book, your notes, and even the web
· Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation
· Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
· Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
· Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use

Contents

Preface
Foreword, Historical Perspectives
Acknowledgments

1. Electrophysiologic Investigation: Technical Aspects
2. Electrophysiologic Investigation: General Concepts
3. Sinus Node Function
4. Atrioventricular Conduction
5. Intraventricular Conduction Disturbances
6. Miscellaneous Phenomena Related to Atrioventricular Conduction
7. Ectopic Rhythms and Premature Depolarizations
8. Supraventricular Tachycardias
9. Atrial Flutter and Fibrillation
10. Preexcitation Syndromes
11. Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia
12. Evaluation of Antiarrhythmic Agents
13. Catheter and Surgical Ablation in the Therapy of Arrhythmias

Index

Author

Mark E. Josephson MD
Herman C. Dana Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of theCardiovascular Division, Chief Medical Officer and Chief Academic Officer ofthe Cardiovascular Institute of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;Director, Harvard-Thorndike Electrophysiology Institute and Arrhythmia Service,Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA