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1 online resource (370 pages) |
| Contents |
Thoracic Vein Arrhythmias; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I History of thoracic vein arrhythmias; 1 History of thoracic vein arrhythmias: pulmonary veins and venae cavae; 2 The ligament of Marshall; 3 Coronary sinus electrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis: historical developments; Part II Anatomy and basic electrophysiology of the thoracic veins; 4 Anatomy of the pulmonary veins; 5 Anatomy of the pulmonary vein-atrium junction; 6 Anatomy of the vena cava: an electrophysiological perspective; 7 Anatomy of the coronary sinus; 8 Imaging of the cardiac and thoracic veins |
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9 Immunohistology of the thoracic veins10 Ionic currents and mechanisms of ectopy from the thoracic veins; 11 Stretch-related atrial remodeling: role in the genesis of atrial fibrillation; 12 High-density mapping of thoracic vein arrhythmias; 13 Optical mapping of thoracic vein arrhythmias; 14 Effects of electrical stimulation of autonomic ganglia at the thoracic veins; 15 Maintenance of atrial fibrillation: thoracic vein o |
| Summary |
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 i |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Atrial arrhythmias -- Etiology
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Thoracic arteries.
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Heart -- Electric properties.
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Thoracic Arteries
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Heart -- Electric properties
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Thoracic arteries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Haïssaguerre, Michel
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Zipes, Douglas
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| ISBN |
9780470751435 |
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0470751436 |
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