簡介
The second edition of Syncope: Mechanisms and Management has been completely updated and revised and remains the most comprehensive textbook ever published on this common clinical entity. It provides up-to-date coverage of virtually every known cause of syncope, integrating knowledge of pathophysiology with practical guidelines for diagnosis and management. Incorporating clinical, investigative and experimental work conducted by leading authorities from all over the world, this book will serve as a practical resource for practicing cardiologists, electrophysiologists, neurologists, internists, pediatricians, and family physicians, as well as residents and fellows in these disciplines.
目錄
Chapter 1: Syncope: An Overview of Evaluation and Management. Chapter 2: Neurocardiogenic Syncope.
Chapter 3: Dysautonomic (Orthostatic) Syncope.
Chapter 4: Bradyarrhythmias as a Cause of Syncope.
Chapter 5: Tachyarrhythmias as a Cause of Syncope.
Chapter 6: Use of Electrophysiologic Studies in Syncope: Practical Aspects of Diagnosis and Management.
Chapter 7: Tilt Table Testing.
Chapter 8: Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients With Syncope.
Chapter 9: Neurologic Causes of Syncope.
Chapter 10: Structural and Obstructive Causes of Cardiovascular Syncope.
Chapter 11: Inherited Arrhythmic and Related Causes of Syncope.
Chapter 12: Psychiatric Disorders in Patients With Syncope.
Chapter 13: Postural Tachycardia, Orthostatic Intolerance and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Chapter 14: Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity.
Chapter 15: Miscellaneous Causes of Syncope.
Chapter 16: Syncope in the Child and Adolescent.
Chapter 17: Syncope in the Athlete.
Chapter 18: Syncope in the Elderly.
Chapter 19: The Implantable Loop Recorder for Diagnosis of Unexplained Syncope.
Chapter 20: Driving and Syncope.
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Chapter 21: Syncope and the Law
