Lethal Arrhythmias Resulting from Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction :
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[Book]
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Proceedings of the Second Rappaport Symposium
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Michael R. Rosen, Yoram Palti.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Boston, MA
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Springer US
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1989
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(328 pages).
SERIES
Series Title
Developments in cardiovascular medicine, 94.
CONTENTS NOTE
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I. Ionic Determinants of Electrical Activity --;1. Calcium current and excitation-contraction coupling in heart. --;2. Role of cytosolic calcium in the normal and ischemic heart: potential new insights from the second generation indicator, Indo-1. --;3. Repetitive activity: origin of the Na+ load and its physiologic effects. --;4. Ionic changes associated with acute ischemia. --;5. Mechanisms of reperfusion arrhythmias. --;II. Metabolic Factors in Ischemia --;6. Ischemia and Na+/K+ pump function. --;7. Amphipathic lipid metabolites and arrhythmogenesis: a perspective. --;8. Free radicals and myocardial injury during ischemia and reperfusion: a short-lived phenomenon? --;9. Thyroid hormones and cardiac function. --;III. Neural and Hormonal Factors --;10. Receptor mechanisms in ischemia and infarction. --;11. Sympathetic-parasympathetic interactions in the normal heart. --;12. Central nervous system modulation of cardiac rhythm. --;13. Influence of ischemia and infarction on cardiac vagal and sympathetic innervation. --;IV. Arrhythmogenic Nechanisms --;14. On the problem of anisotropic propagation in ventricular muscle. --;15. Anisotropic reentry: A model of arrhythmias that may necessitate a new approach to antiarrhythmic drug development. --;16. Arrhythmias in the early ischemic period. --;17. Arrhythmias and the healed myocardial infarction. --;V. Strategies for Prediction, Prevention and Therapy --;18. Clinical significance and limitations of ventricular late potentials. --;19. Pacing to predict mechanism: transient entrainment and reentry. --;20. The value of programmed electrical stimulation in triggered activity-induced arrhythmias. --;21. Pharmacologic mechanisms in the treatment of arrhythmias due to ischemia and infarction. --;22. Cardiac innervation and sudden death: new strategies for prevention.
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Proceedings of the Second Rappaport Symposium, Haifa, Israel, March 13-16, 1988