Noninvasive electrocardiographic monitoring is a fundamental part of cardiology. Depending on continuous improvements and developments of new technologies, these methods are essential for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients. The rapid changes in the capabilities, technologies and diagnostic values of the different methods force us to update our knowledge continuously.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state and future developments in the field of noninvasive electrocardiographic monitoring techniques. In addition, related fields such as...

Die rechtzeitige Erkennung von Patienten, die durch den plotzlichen Herztod gefahrdet sind, stellt unveriindert ein zentrales Problem der Kardiologie dar. Zahlreiche Untersuchungen der letzten 10-15 Jahre haben die Kenntnisse der zum plotzlichen Herztod fuhrenden pathophysio logischen Mechanismen erweitert und zu einem besseren Verstiindnis der verantwortlichen Faktoren gefiihrt. Dies gilt in besonderem MaBe fUr die koronare Herzkrankheit, trifft jedoch nur bedingt auf andere Herzerkrankungen zu, bei denen ebenfalls eine Gefahrdung durch den plotzlichen Herztod besteht. Die vorliegende...

Since the introduction of balloon angioplasty for the relief of coronary artery stenoses and of anginal symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease by Andreas Griintzig in 1977, the field of interventional technology and treatment strategies has grown enormously. For the reduction of hemodynamically significant coronary artery stenoses balloon angioplasty is the standard and reference method with a high primary success and low complication rate. Because of the relatively high recurrence rates of 30-40% of balloon angioplasty a whole family of different angioplasty techniques has been...

Noninvasive electrocardiographic monitoring is a fundamental part of cardiology. Depending on continuous improvements and developments of new technologies, these methods are essential for diagnosis and risk stratification of patients. The rapid changes in the capabilities, technologies and diagnostic values of the different methods force us to update our knowledge continuously.
This book offers a comprehensive overview of the current state and future developments in the field of noninvasive electrocardiographic monitoring techniques. In addition, related fields such as...

This book is a comprehensive overview of electrocardiography and the major effects of current cardiac pharmacological therapy on electrocardiography. The text is based on work presented at the International Symposium on Non-invasive Cardiovascular Diagnosis and Therapy, held in May, 1987 at the University of Cologne. The theme of the book is to review, in broad clinical perspective the current state-of-the-art of electrocardiography as it pertains to standard electrocar diograms, exercise testing, ambulatory electrocardiography, electrocardiographic telemetry, and high resolution...

In recent years considerable progress and new developments in diagnostic and interventional cardiology have been observed, such as balloon angioplasty of coronary artery stenoses, reperfusion techniques in acute myocardial infarction, new pacing, and cardioversion-defibrillation techniques in ventricular tachyar- rhythmias. On 5-8 May, 1985, an international symposium on 'Invasive Cardio- vascular Therapy' was held in Cologne, which provided a survey on the experi- ment~l and routine therapeutic measures presently available and practiced in cardiovascular medicine. This volume is based on the...