Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology for the Clinician (Hardcover, 2 ed)

Acknowledgments, vii

Foreword to the Second Edition by Douglas P. Zipes, ix

Foreword to the First Edition by Douglas P. Zipes, xi

Introduction, 1

Chapter 1 Bioelectricity, 7

Chapter 2 Ion Channels, 43

Chapter 3 Ion Channel Regulation, 72

Chapter 4 Impulse Initiation and Propagation in Cardiac Muscle, 92

Chapter 5 Rate Dependency of Discontinuous Propagation, 121

Chapter 6 Basic Mechanisms of Cardiac Arrhythmias, 152

Chapter 7 Rotors, Spirals, and Scroll Waves in the Heart, 191

Chapter 8 Rotors and the Mechanisms of Atrial Fibrillation, 224

Chapter 9 Molecular Mechanisms of Ventricular Fibrillation, 254

Chapter 10 Inheritable Arrhythmogenic Diseases, 276

Bibliography, 316

Index, 335