{"product_id":"variants-of-ventricular-preexcitation-isbn-9781405148436","title":"Variants of Ventricular Preexcitation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eVariants of Ventricular Preexcitation: Recognition and Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique opportunity for general cardiologists and electrophysiologists to find in one text the intricacies of recognizing and treating a group of disorders that has intrigued physicians for more than 100 years.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003efrom the Foreword by Mark E. Josephson, MD, Chief, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrs Sternick and Wellens combine their expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias to bring you this complete overview of decrementally conducting accessory pathways and their role in cardiac arrhythmias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is the first book dedicated to these special types of accessory pathways, their recognition and management. By covering the uncommon varieties of ventricular preexcitation, this book supports you in improving patient care by:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHelping you to identify decrementally conducting AV fibers- which comprise 3-5 % of all accessory AV pathways\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplaining exactly what information can be obtained from the 12-lead ECG\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShowing how to identify and localize these pathways during an electrophysiologic study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailing the proper treatment and how to treat these patients\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy explaining the fundamental pathophysiology as well as the diverse clinical presentation of arrhythmias, Drs Sternick and Wellens demystify the subject of the different variants of decrementally conducting accessory pathways leading to ventricular pre-excitation and their role in cardiac arrhythmias.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Historical notes and classification of the variants of ventricular preexcitation 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The anatomy of decrementally conducting fibers 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Atriofascicular pathways and decrementally conducting long atrioventricular pathways 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The short AV decrementally conducting fibers 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Nodoventricular and Nodofascicular fibers 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Fasciculoventricular fibers 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conduction disturbances in accessory pathways 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Automaticity in decrementally conducting fibers 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Differential diagnosis of left bundle branch block-shaped tachycardias 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA colour plate section faces p. 22\u003c\/p\u003e EDUARDO BACK STERNICK is Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory, Biocor Instituto, Santa Casa, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He authored many publications on Mahaim fibers which appeared in the leading cardiology journals. He obtained a PhD in cardiac electrophysiology at Maastricht University in 2004.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eHEIN J WELLENS, Professor of Cardiology, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, has been in the forefront of modern cardiac arrhythmology for close to 40 years. He wrote or co-authored over 540 peer reviewed articles, 246 chapters in books and was author or (co)editor of 17 books on cardiology.\u003c\/p\u003e “\u003ci\u003eVariants of Ventricular Preexcitation: Recognition and Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e provides a unique opportunity for general cardiologists and electrophysiologists to find in one text the intricacies of recognizing and treating a group of disorders that has intrigued physicians for more than 100 years.” \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e--from the Foreword by Mark E. Josephson, MD, Chief, Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrs Sternick and Wellens combine their expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias to bring you this complete overview of decrementally conducting accessory pathways and their role in cardiac arrhythmias.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book dedicated to these special types of accessory pathways, their recognition and management. 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