Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside E-Book

Completely revised to reflect developments in the field, the fourth edition of this comprehensive text continues to present a dual focus on the basic science of cardiac electrophysiology and its clinical applications. New chapters have been added on mechanisms of atrial fibrillation; the molecular and structural bases of HCN, stretch-activated, and inward rectifier channels; contraction-excitation feedback; nerve sprouting and arrhythmias; mechanisms of ventricular fibrillation; transgenic and knockout models of cardiac arrhythmias; Brugada syndrome; and catecholaminergic and short-coupled ventricular tachycardia. Each chapter begins with an outline and concludes with a list of references. Zipes is with the Indiana U. School of Medicine; Jalife, the SUNY Upstate Medical U. in Syracuse. There are over 200 contributors, most of them in the US, but many in Europe, and some in Asia. Annotation © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR