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Ventricular
Arrhythmias and
Sudden Cardiac
Death
Ventricular Arrhythmias and Sudden Cardiac Death.
Edited by Paul J. Wang, Amin Al-Ahmad, Henry H. Hsia, Paul C. Zei.
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Ventricular
Arrhythmias and
Sudden Cardiac
Death
EDITED BY
Paul J. Wang,
MD
CardiacArrhythmiaService
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Stanford,CA
USA
Amin Al-Ahmad,
MD
CardiacArrhythmiaService
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Stanford,CA
USA
Henry H. Hsia,
MD
CardiacArrhythmiaService
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Stanford,CA
USA
Paul C. Zei,
MD, PhD
CardiacArrhythmiaService
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Stanford,CA
USA
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Contents
Listofcontributors, vii Part3 Catheterandsurgical
ablation
Foreword, xi
HeinJ.Wellens 7 Mappingandablationofventricular
tachycardiaaftermyocardialinfarction, 76
WilliamG.Stevenson,UshaTedrow
Part1 MechanismsofVT 8 Mappingandablationofventricular
1 Theroleofspatialdispersionof tachycardiainnonischemic
repolarizationandintramuralreentryin cardiomyopathy, 89
inheritedandacquiredsuddencardiacdeath HenryH.Hsia,PiroozS.Mofrad
syndromes, 1
9 Mappingtodefinescarsandisthmuses:anew
CharlesAntzelevitch
paradigmforguidingventriculartachycardia
2 Mechanismsofventriculartachycardia: ablation, 101
underlyingpathologicalandphysiological KyokoSoejima
abnormalities, 18
10 Ablationofidiopathicventricular
JacquesMTdeBakker,HaroldVMvanRijen
tachycardias, 112
NitishBadhwar,MelvinM.Scheinman
11 Ablationofventricularfibrillation, 128
Part2 Etiologiesandsyndromes
KarenP.Phillips,J.DavidBurkhardt,
3 Time-dependentgenderdifferencesinthe RobertA.Schweikert,WalidI.Saliba,
clinicalcourseofpatientswiththecongenital AndreaNatale
long-QTsyndrome, 28
IlanGoldenberg,ArthurJ.Moss, 12 Ablationofventriculartachycardiain
WojciechZareba congenitalheartdisease, 141
GeorgeF.VanHare
4 Geneticsofventriculararrhythmias, 37
ZianH.Tseng,JeffreyOlgin 13 Roleofimagingtechniquesincatheter
ablationofventriculartachycardia, 150
5 Arrhythmogenicrightventricular
MathewD.Hutchinson,DavidJ.Callans
dysplasia/cardiomyopathy, 51
RahulJain,HughCalkins 14 Epicardialablationofventricular
tachycardia, 164
6 Riskstratificationandtheimplantable
MauricioScanavacca,EduardoSosa
defibrillatorforthepreventionof
suddendeathinhypertrophic 15 Roleofcathetercontrolsystemsinablation
cardiomyopathy, 64 ofventriculartachycardia, 178
BarryJ.Maron MarcoPerez,AminAl-Ahmad
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vi Contents
16 Currentsurgicaltechniquesforischemic Part5 Ventricularfibrillationand
ventriculartachycardia, 190 defibrillation
RobertJ.Moraca,MarciS.Bailey,
21 Themechanismsofventricular
RalphJ.DamianoJr
fibrillation, 267
LanS.Chen,Peng-ShengChen,MosheS.
Swissa
Part4 Epidemiology,riskstratification,
andpharmacologicaltherapyfor 22 Mechanismsofdefibrillation, 277
ventriculartachycardia DerekJ.Dosdall,JianHuang,RaymondE.
andsuddendeath Ideker
17 Epidemiologyandetiologiesofsudden 23 Automaticexternaldefibrillationandpublic
cardiacdeath, 198 accessdefibrillatorresponse, 289
KeaneK.Lee,AminAl-Ahmad,PaulJ.Wang, PaulJ.Wang,AminAl-Ahmad,
RobertJ.Myerburg RobertJ.Myerburg
18 Non-invasivetestsforriskstratification 24 Advancesincardiopulmonary
inischemicandnon-ischemic rescuscitation, 298
cardiomyopathy, 213 AnuragGupta,AminAl-Ahmad
J.ThomasBigger,MarkC.Haigney,
25 Advancesinimplantabledefibrillatortherapy
RobertE.Kleiger
andtechnologies, 312
PaulJ.Wang,AminAl-Ahmad,HenryH.
19 Riskstratification:whereweareandwhere
Hsia,PaulC.Zei
dowegofromhere, 240
JeffreyJ.Goldberger 26 ICDleadextraction:when,whyand
how?, 327
20 Pharmacologicalmanagementofventricular
BruceL.Wilkoff,OussamaWazni
arrhythmias, 247
KevinJ.Makati,MuntherHomoud,
MarkS.Link,JonathanWeinstock,
Index, 335
N.A.MarkEstesIII
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Contributors
Amin Al-Ahmad, MD David J. Callans, MD
CardiacArrhythmiaService UniversityofPennsylvaniaHealthSystem
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter Philadelphia,PA
Stanford,CA USA
USA
Lan S. Chen, MD
Charles Antzelevitch, PhD TheDepartmentofNeurology
MasonicMedicalResearchLaboratory IndianaUniversitySchoolofMedicine
Utica,NY Indianapolis,Indiana
USA USA
Nitish Badhwar, MBBS,FACC Peng-Sheng Chen, MD
SectionofCardiacElectrophysiology TheKrannertInstituteofCardiology
UCSF,DivisionofCardiology DivisionofCardiology
UniversityofCalifornia DepartmentofMedicine
SanFrancisco,CA IndianaUniversitySchoolofMedicine
USA Indianapolis,IN
USA
Marci S. Bailey, RN
Ralph J. Damiano, Jr. MD
ResearchCoordinator
WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine ChiefofCardiothoracicSurgery
St.Louis,MO JohnShoenbergProfessorofSurgery
USA WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
St.Louis,MO
J. Thomas Bigger, MD USA
ColumbiaUniversityCollegeofPhysiciansandSurgeons
Jacques MT de Bakker, PhD
NewYork,NY
USA Head,DepartmentofExperimentalCardiologyAcademic
MedicalCenter;Amsterdam,TheNetherlands
J. David Burkhardt TheCenterofHeartFailureResearch,Departmentof
CardiacPacingandElectrophysiology ExperimentalCardiology,AcademicMedicalCenter,
DepartmentofCardiovascularMedicine Amsterdam,TheNetherlands
ClevelandClinicFoundation TheHeartLungCenter,UniversityMedicalCenterUtrecht,
Cleveland,OH TheNetherlands
USA TheDepartmentofMedicalPhysiology,UniversityMedical
CenterUtrecht,TheNetherlands
Hugh Calkins, MD TheInteruniversityCardiologyInstituteoftheNetherlands,
ProfessorofMedicine Utrecht
DirectoroftheArrhythmiaService TheNetherlands
DirectoroftheElectrophysiologyLaboratory
DirectoroftheJohnsHopkinsARVD Derek J. Dosdall, PhD
ProgramJohnsHopkinsMedicalInstitutions UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham
Baltimore,MD DepartmentofBiomedicalEngineering
USA Birmingham,AL
USA
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viii Listofcontributors
N.A. Mark Estes III, MD Raymond E. Ideker, MD,PhD
ProfessorofMedicine UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham
Director,CardiacArrhythmiaCenter DepartmentsofPhysiologyandBiomedical
TuftsUniversitySchoolofMedicine EngineeringMedicine
Boston,MA Birmingham,AL
USA USA
Ilan Goldenberg, MD Rahul Jain, MD
TheCardiologyDivision DivisionofCardiology
DepartmentofMedicine TheJohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolof
UniversityofRochesterMedicalCenter Medicine
Rochester,NY MD
USA USA
Jeffrey J. Goldberger, MD
Robert E. Kleiger, MD
TheDivisionofCardiology
WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
DepartmentofMedicine
St.Louis,MO
FeinbergSchoolofMedicine
USA
NorthwesternUniversity
Chicago,IL
USA Keane K. Lee, MD
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Anurag Gupta, MD Stanford,CA
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter USA
Stanford,CA
USA Mark S. Link, MD
Tufts-NewEnglandMedicalCenter
Mark C. Haigney, MD Boston,MA
UniformedServicesUniversity USA
Bethesda,MD
USA Kevin J. Makati, MD
Tufts-NewEnglandMedicalCenter
Munther Homoud, MD Boston,MA
Tufts-NewEnglandMedicalCenter USA
Boston,MA
USA
Barry J. Maron, MD
Henry H. Hsia, MD HypertrophicCardiomyopathyCenter
MinneapolisHeartInstituteFoundation
CardiacArrhythmiaService
MN
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
USA
Stanford,CA
USA
Pirooz S. Mofrad, MD
Jian Huang, MD,PhD StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
UniversityofAlabamaatBirmingham Standford,CA
DepartmentsofMedicine USA
Birmingham,AL
USA Robert J. Moraca, MD
FellowinCardiothoracicSurgery
Mathew D. Hutchinson, MD WashingtonUniversitySchoolofMedicine
UniversityofPennsylvaniaHealthSystem St.Louis,MO
Philadelphia,PA USA
USA
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Listofcontributors ix
Arthur J. Moss, MD Melvin M. Scheinman, MD,FACC
ProfessorofMedicine(Cardiology) SectionofCardiacElectrophysiology
Director,HeartResearchFollow-Up UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco
Program SanFrancisco,CA
UniversityofRochesterMedicalCenter USA
Rochester,NY
USA Robert A. Schweikert, MD
Director,EPClinicalOperations
Robert J. Myerburg, MD,FACC SectionofCardiacElectrophysiologyandPacing
ProfessorofMedicineandPhysiology DepartmentofCardiovascularMedicine
Chief,DivisionofCardiology ClevelandClinicFoundation
UniversityofMiami Cleveland,OH
Miami,FL USA
USA
Kyoko Soejima, MD
Andrea Natale, MD AssistantProfessor
SectionHead,ElectrophysiologyandPacing DivisionofCardiology
DirectoroftheElectrophysiologyLaboratories KeioUniversity
TheClevelandClinicFoundation Tokyo
Cleveland,OH Japan
USA
Eduardo Sosa, MD
Jeffrey Olgin, MD HeartInstitute
SectionofCardiacElectrophysiology UniversityofSaoPauloMedicalSchool
DivisionofCardiology SaoPaulo
UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco Brazil
SanFrancisco,CA
USA Moshe S, Swissa, MD
DivisionofCardiology
Marco Perez, MD DepartmentofMedicine
StanfordUniversity KaplanMedicalCenter,Rehovot
Stanford,CA TheHebrewUniversity,Jerusalem
USA Israel
Karen P. Phillips, MB,BS(Hons),FRACP William G. Stevenson, MD
ClinicalCardiacElectrophysiologyFellow Director,Clinical,CardiacElectrophysiology,Program
DepartmentofCardiovascularMedicine CardiovascularDivision
ClevelandClinicFoundation BrighamandWomen’sHospital
Cleveland,OH Boston,MA
USA USA
Walid I. Saliba, MD Usha Tedrow, MD
Director,ElectrophysiologyLaboratories AssociateDirector,ClinicalCardiac,
SectionofCardiacPacingandElectrophysiology Electrophysiology,Program
DepartmentofCardiovascularMedicine CardiovascularDivision
ClevelandClinicFoundation BrighamandWomen’sHospital
Cleveland,OH Boston,MA
USA USA
Mauricio Scanavacca, MD Zian H. Tseng, MD
HeartInstitute SectionofCardiacElectrophysiology
UniversityofSaoPauloMedicalSchool DivisionofCardiology
SaoPaulo UniversityofCalifornia,SanFrancisco
Brasil SanFrancisco,CA
USA
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x Listofcontributors
George F. Van Hare, MD Jonathan Weinstock, MD
ProfessorofPediatrics,ClinicalProfessorofPediatrics; Tufts-NewEnglandMedicalCenter
andDirector,PediatricArrhythmiaCenter Boston,MA
StanfordUniversitySchoolofMedicineandUCSF USA
PaloAlto,CA
USa Bruce L. Wilkoff, MD
ProfessorofMedicineandDirector,CardiacPacingand
Harold VM van Rijen TachyarrhythmiaDevices
TheDepartmentofMedicalPhysiology ClevelandClinicFoundation
UniversityMedicalCenterUtrecht Cleveland,OH
TheNetherlands USA
Paul J. Wang, MD Wojciech Zareba, MD,PhD
StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter TheCardiologyDivision,DepartmentofMedicine
Stanford,CA UniversityofRochesterMedicalCenter
USA Rochester,NY
USA
Oussama Wazni, MD
AssociateDirector Paul C. Zei, MD,PhD
ClevelandClinicCenterforCardiovascularResearch CardiacArrhythmiaService
ClevelandClinic StanfordUniversityMedicalCenter
Cleveland,OH Stanford,CA
USA USA