Sudden Cardiac Death: A Handbook for Clinical Practice

1 Epidemiology of cardiac arrest.

Robert J. Myerburg and Hein J.J. Wellens.

2 Geneticpredisposition and pathology of sudden cardiacdeath.

Xavier Jouven, Allen P. Burke, and Renu Virmani.

3 Arrhythmogenic mechanisms.

Michiel J. Janse and Douglas P. Zipes.

4 Risk stratification for SCD.

Stefan H. Hohnloser and Wojciech Zareba.

5 Autonomic nervous system: Emerging concepts and clinical.

applications.

Peter J. Schwartz and Richard L. Verrier.

6 Clinical characteristics of sudden cardiac death victims and.

precipitating events.

Christine M. Albert and Stuart M. Cobbe.

SECTION 2 DISEASE STATES AND SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

7 Ischemic heart disease.

William Wijns and Elliott M. Antman.

8 The cardiomyopathies.

William J. McKenna, Srijita Sen-Chowdhry, and Barry J. Maron.

9 Inherited arrhythmogenicdiseases.

Silvia G. Priori and Charles Antzelevitch.

10 Sudden cardiac death and valvular heart diseases.

David Messika-Zeitoun, Bernard J. Gersh, Olivier Fondard, and Alec Vahanian.

11 Heart failure.

William G. Stevenson and Helmut Drexler.

12 Drug-induced sudden death.

Dan M. Roden and Milou-Daniel Drici.

13 Sudden death in athletes.

Domenico Corrado, Cristina Basso, Mark S. Link, Gaetano Thiene, and.

N.A. Mark Estes III.

SECTION 3 TREATMENT.

14 Pharmacology of sudden cardiac death.

Timothy W. Smith, Michael E. Cain, Günter Breithardt, and.

Paulus Kirchhof.

15 Implantable devices.

A. John Camm and Arthur J. Moss.

16 Sudden cardiac death: ablation.

Prashanthan Sanders, John M. Miller, Mélèze Hocini,.

Pierre Jaïs, and Michel Haïssaguerre.

17 External automated defibrillators.

M.A. Peberdy, K.A. Ellenbogen, and D.A. Chamberlain.

18 Cost-effectiveness of implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.

Giuseppe Boriani and Greg Larsen.

Index