Thoracic Vein Arrhythmias: Mechanisms and TreatmentISBN: 978-1-4051-1888-0
Hardcover
368 pages
August 2004, Wiley-Blackwell
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In 1998 Professor Haïssaguerre and his colleagues made the
initial observation in patients that triggering foci in or around
the pulmonary veins initiate some types of atrial fibrillation.
Since then it has become clear that atrial fibrillation and other
atrial tachyarrhythmias can be initiated (and possibly maintained)
by triggering foci in any of the thoracic veins. This concept is
now one of the most current topics in electrophysiology, and while
it is a topic of frequent discussion in the major cardiology and
electrophysiology journals, Thoracic Vein Arrhythmias:
Mechanisms and Treatment is the first state-of-the art
multi-authored textbook that integrates the advances made in this
rapidly developing new area of cardiac arrhythmias for the global
community.
Edited by Drs. Shih-Ann Chen, Michel Haïssaguerre, and
Douglas P. Zipes, who are at the forefront of advances in this
field of cardiology, and with contributions from authors
representing an international array of authorities in their
individual fields, this text will be an invaluable reference to
students, basic scientists, and clinicians with an interest in any
aspect of cardiac arrhythmia.
- First textbook to provide comprehensive, critical and
insightful review by leading experts in the exciting field of
thoracic vein arrhythmias.
- Contains review of the current status of thoracic vein
arrhythmias, and speculation on how the new findings will impact on
treatment of cardiac arrhythmias.
- The chapters outline how progress is being made on several fronts ranging from basic mechanisms to invasive treatment for thoracic vein arrhythmias.