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Electrocardiology 92

Electrocardiology 92

De Padua F | Macfarlane Peter W

(1993)

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Section Title Page Action Price
Title iii
Copyright iv
Preface ix
CONTENTS xi
I THEORETICAL ELECTRO CARDIOLOGY 1
Boundary Problems of Dipolar Electrocardiotopography 3
A Direct Inverse Solution with Specific Anatomy 7
Modelling of the Influence of Cardial and Extracardial Factors on Generated Surface Potentials 11
Model-Based Comparison of BSPM and Activation Maps Based on Multipolar Expansion 15
The Analysis of Ventricular Fibrillation Induced by Extra-stimuli on Three-Dimensional Computer Heart Model 19
Reconstruction of Three-Dimensional Topography of the Process of the Heart Excitation 23
II MAPPING - ENDOCARDIAL, EPICARDIAL AND BODY SURFACE 27
Mapping of Myocardial Activation at Ventricular Premature Beats in Dog 29
The Initial QRS in Severe Aortic Stenosis - A Body Surface Potential Mapping Study 33
Body Surface Potential Mapping in Patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Disease 37
Distribution of QRS Shape Correlation in Surface Potential Distribution 41
How Does the BSPM Help us in Understanding the Standard Electrocardiogram 45
The Non-Dipolar Body Surface Potential Maps in Right Bundle Branch Blocks 49
Mapping of Activation and Recovery Times in Human Heart in Situ 53
Correlation of Measured and Simulated Epicardial Activation Maps: An Application of a Multipolar Heart Model 57
Body Surface Potential Mapping Predicts Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation Site 61
Surface Cardioelectric Field in Hypertensive Patients with Myocardial Infarction 65
Body Surface Mapping during Ventricular Repolarization of the Rat and Guinea Pig 69
Relationship between Calculated and Experimental Cardioelectric Fields on Epicardial and Body Surface in Rat 73
Effects of Aging on Cardiac Electrical Activity in a Rat Model. A Longitudinal Study 77
III CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS 81
The Analysis of Multifocalis Rhythm Disturbances from Body Surface Potentials Mapping 83
Atrial Fibrillation in Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome. Reversal of Isoproterenol Effects by Sotalol 87
Flecainide Versus Procainamide for the Treatment of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation 91
Initial Clinical Experience with a Third Generation Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator 95
Peculiar Holter Pattern in Healthy Alcohol Abusers Suffering Acute Atrial Fibrillation 99
MS-551, A Novel Class III Antiarrhythmic Agent. 1. Its Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics at Intravenous Administration in Healthy Subjects 103
MS-551, A Novel Class III Antiarrhythmic Agent. 2. Its Safety, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics at Oral Administration in Healthy Subjects 107
Early Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm: A Marker for Coronary Reperfusion 111
How Late can Early Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm Occur to be Considered a Marker for Coronary Reperfusion 115
Ventricular Arrhythmias after Myocardial Infarction — Is Autonomic Dysfunction Responsible? 119
Identification of Risk of Ventricular Tachycardia in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 123
Autonomic Dysfunction in Patients with Sick Sinus Syndrome 127
Adenosin Triphosphate: Mechanisms of Reversion of the Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia 131
4:2 Sino-Atrial Block due to Hyperkalemia with Electrotonic Influence of A-V Junctional Impulses upon the Sinus Node 135
IV CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY AND CONDUCTION 139
Effects of Variation of Left Ventricular Conducting System Terminations on the Vectorcardiogram 141
Quality of Life Evaluation in Patients with Automatic Cardioverter Defibrillator 145
Increasing Dominance of Concordant Ventricular Repolarization Sequence in Normal Older Adults 149
Prolongation of Repolarization Time in Ventricular Conduction Defects 153
Policardiography in Pacemaker Patients 157
Epicardial Electric Shock Ablation of Accessory Pathways in Pre-excitation Syndrome 161
Programmed Electrical Stimulation in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia and no Structural Heart Disease 165
The Role of QTc Dispersion in Ventricular Tachycardia 169
Atrio-Ventricular Conduction Disturbances after Open Heart Surgery in Childhood. Dynamic 24 Hours - Electrocardiographic Study 173
Sinus Node Function and Hemodynamics 177
An Attempt to Localise the Accessory Pathway in WPW Syndrome using Electrocardiographic Methods 181
Pacemaker Cells of Atrioventricular Node and Atrioventricular Valves form a Single Pacemaker? 185
Do Types of the QRSV1 Correspond to Interrupted Sites in the Right Bundle Branch? 189
Permanent Pacemakers in the Paediatric Age Group 193
V HOLTER MONITORING, HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND SIGNAL AVERAGED ECG 197
The Expansion of Electrocardiological Information by Frequency Analysis of Sinusarrhythmia 199
Vectorcardiogram and Signal Averaging ECG Analysis in Patients with Inferior Myocardial Infarction and Peri-Infarction Block 203
Heart Rate Variability and Maximal Exercise Capacity in Post Myocardial Infarction Patients 207
Electrocardiography and Holter Monitoring after Anatomic Correction of Transposition of the Great Arteries 211
Value of Holter Study and Left Ventriculography in Predicting Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy Clinical Outcome 215
Ventricular Tachycardia Identification by Signal Averaged ECG in Time and Frequency Domain 219
Slow Upstroke of the Signal-Averaged QRS Complex in Patients with Ventricular Tachycardia 223
Distribution Patterns of Ventricular Ectopic Beats as Detected by Holter Monitoring 227
Late Potentials and Ventricular Tachycardia (Sustained and Nonsustained) in Patients with Severe Ventricular Dysfunction 231
Exercise-Mediated Cycle Length Variations in Sinus Parasystole 235
Hypertension in Well Controlled Diabetic Patients — An Association with Diastolic Dysfunction 239
VI ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE INCLUDING EXERCISE TESTING 245
VCG Data Classification of IHD Using Probabilistic Expert System 247
Comparison of Electrocardiography, Vectorcardiography and Angiography for the Detection of Myocardial Scars in Single Vessel Coronary Heart Disease 251
Pardee T Wave from 1920 to 1992: An STT Marker for Coronary Artery Disease 255
Electrocardiologic Patterns of Left Ventricular Wall Motion Abnormality in Ischemic Heart Disease 261
ECG of Ischemic Heart Disease in the Thrombolytic Era 265
Exercise Performance by Gender and Age in Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome 269
Ergometric and Angiographic Significance of ST Segment Recovery Time During Stress Testing in Stable Angina 273
Prognosis Significance of Myocardial Ischemia Detected by Early Exercise Testing after Successful Coronary Angioplasty 277
QRS Duration as a Marker of Ischemic Burden after Myocardial Infarction 281
Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Isolated Circumflex Coronary Artery Disease: Relation between Changes during Exercise Test and Coronary Angioplasty 285
Accuracy of Detection of Myocardial Scars in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) by ECG, VCG and Angiography in Patients with Multiple Vessel Disease 289
Individual Differences in the Control of Heart Rate During Exercise 293
Diagnosis of Ischemia after Myocardial Infarction: Exercise ECG Versus Stress-Redistribution Thallium Scintigraphy 299
Myocardial Pathology of Patients with Positive Exercise Stress Test but Normal Coronary Arteriograms 303
Comparison of the Diagnostic Information of Exercise 12-Lead ECG and Body Surface Map Measurements 307
Exercise Stress Test vs Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in the Detection of Myocardial Ischemia 311
VII DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA INCLUDING COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 315
Conventional ECG as a Non-Invasive Marker of Heart Remodelling in Rats with Arteriovenous Fistulas 317
The U Wave and its Echocardiographic Image 321
Artificial Neural Networks for the Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation 325
A Method for Improving the Repeatability of Automated ECG Analysis 329
A Study of Right Ventricular Hypertrophy in the Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Compared with Electro-cardiogram and Ultrafast Computed Tomography 333
Significance of Electrocardiographical Aspects during Chest Compression in Patients with Cardiac Arrest. The Mechano-electrical Feedback during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 337
Vectorcardiographic and Echocardiographic Study in Patients with Thalassemia Major 345
Doxorubicin Cardiotoxicity Assessed with Vectorcardiographic and Echocardiographic Techniques 349
A New Electrocardiographic Sign to Detect Lateral Myocardial Infarction. Echocardiographic Correlation 353
Is the Central Nervous System Responsible for ST-T Wave Abnormalities in the Electrocardiogram of Asymptomatic Subjects? 357
Is the Hyperadrenergic Activity Responsible for Repolarization in the Electrocardiogram of Asymptomatic Subjects? 361
Specific Potential does not Correlate with Left Ventricular Performance in Hypertensive Patients 365
Electrocardiographic Changes Induced by Transient Occlusion of the Left Circumflex Coronary Artery 369
Software Based Neural Networks in Computer Based ECG Interpretation 373
Authors Index 377