Tightly organized into a super-condensed outline bulleted format, this handy, pocket-sized manual details precise, up-to-date information for diagnosis and treatment of Arrhythmias. Throughout the book, tables and figures summarize important clinical data and current professional society recommendations, while salient references direct readers to additional information. Current, quick, and concise, for instant access in the ward or in the clinic!
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Basics
1.1 Basic Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
1.2 The Cardiac Action Potential
1.3 Definitions:What Defines Normal Sinus Rhythm?
1.4 Brady Arrhythmias and Conduction Blocks
Chapter 2. Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
2.1 Diagnosis
2.2 Drug Therapy for SVT
2.3 Sinus Tachycardia
2.4 Atrial Tachycadria
2.5 Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardias (AVRT)
2.6 Atrial Fibrillation
2.7 Post op AFib
2.8 Atrial Flutter
2.9 Long Term Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Chapter 3. Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT)
3.1 Differential Diagnosis of a Regular Wide Complex Rhythm
3.2 ECG Diagnosis
3.3 Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
3.4 SVT with Aberrant Conduction
3.5 WPW with Antidromic Conduction
3.6 Acute Treatment of VT/VF
3.7 Hemodynamically Stable Ventricular Tachycardia
3.8 Asystole and Pulseless Electrical Activity
3.9 Drug Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardias
3.10 Long Term Therapy for Patients with VT/VF
Chapter 4. Special Considerations
4.1 Atrial Premature Depolariz