The latest diagnostic and therapeutic developments in the field of sudden cardiac death (SCD) are presented by this book. It addresses the problems involved in preventing SCD, focusing on risk stratification techniques designed to direct the selection and application of appropriate, promising treatment modalities. Material reflects recent discoveries concerning the epidemiology and SCD pathophysiology, offering guidelines for more rational treatment approaches, both pharmacologic and interventional. The vast epidemiologic data from the Framingham Study is reviewed, with special emphasis on identifying clinical risk factors and the relation of coronary heart disease to SCD. Current prevention strategies, lifestyle alteration, prospective drug trials, surgical and implantable devices are also discussed.
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Höhe: 235 mm
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978-0-471-56679-3 (9780471566793)
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Sudden Death: The View from Framingham; Relation of Amount and Distribution of Coronary Arterial Narrowing in Sudden Coronary Death to Previous Symptoms of Myocardial Ischemia; Triggers of Sudden Coronary Death: The Morning Increase; Sudden Death in Noncoronary Heart Disease; Risk Stratification for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death by Noninvasive Methods; Risk Stratification for Sudden Death in Patients with Complex Ventricular Arrhythmias: Value of Electrophysiologic Testing and the Signal-Averaged Electrocardiogram; +gb-Adrenergic Blockage in the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death; Pharmacologic Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death: Role of Antiarrhythmic Drugs; Therapeutic Electrical Devices in the Management of Sudden Cardiac Death; The Role of Cardiac Surgery in the Prevention of Sudden Death; Life Style: Its Effect and Modification for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death.
