Concise Guide to Pediatric Arrhytmias

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DESCRIPTION

This book provides a practical guide to diagnosis and treatment of arrhythmias in children for pediatricians and general pediatric cardiologists. Using multiple ECG examples, the author provides concise descriptions of the key features of each arrhythmia to help the clinician make a diagnosis.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction.

1. Anatomy, physiology and epidemiology of arrhythmias.
2. ECGs and other recording devices.
3. Other diagnostic techniques.
4. The normal ECG and variants.
5. Interpretation of the ECG in tachycardia.
6. Use of adenosine in diagnosis of tachycardia.
7. Atrial tachycardia.
8. Multifocal atrial tachycardia.
9. Atrial flutter.
10. Atrial fibrillation.
11. Atrial premature beats.
12. Atrioventricular re-entry.
13. Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
14. Permanent junctional re-entry tachycardia.
15. Atriofascicular re-entry tachycardia.
16. Atrioventricular nodal re-entry tachycardia.
17. Junctional ectopic tachycardia.
18. Ventricular tachycardia.
19. Neonatal ventricular tachycardia.
20. Incessant infant ventricular tachycardia.
21. Idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia.
22. Idiopathic right ventricular tachycardia.
23. Ventricular premature beats.
24. Ventricular fibrillation.
25. Long QT syndrome.
26. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia.
27. Brugada syndrome.
28. First and second degree atrioventricular block.
29. Complete atrioventricular block.
30. Sinus node dysfunction and sino-atrial disease.
31. Early postoperative arrhythmias.
32. Late postoperative arrhythmias.
33. Arrhythmias in structural congenital heart defects.
34. Arrhythmias in cardiomyopathy.
35. Syncope.
36. Sudden death.
37. Antiarrhythmic drug treatment.
38. Pacemakers.
39. Catheter ablation.
40. Artifacts.

• Index.

AUTHOR

Christopher Wren, MD, Consultant Pediatric Cardiologist, Department of Cardiothoracic Services, Freeman Hospital (NHS), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, U

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