RT Book, Section
A1 Prystowsky, Eric N.
A1 Klein, George J.
A1 Daubert, James P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1171769286
T1 Preface
T2 Cardiac Arrhythmias: Interpretation, Diagnosis, and Treatment, 2e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260118209
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171769286
RD 2024/04/18
AB Twenty-five  years  ago,  Drs.  Prystowsky  and  Klein  authored  the  first  edition  of  this  textbook.  Our  purpose  was  to  “write  a  comprehensive  textbook  on  an  integrated  approach  to  cardiac  arrhythmias  for  individuals  without  a  background  in  clinical  electrophysiology.”  While  we  hoped  clinical  electrophysiologists  would  find  our  book  useful,  our  intent  was  to  educate  the  broader  field  of  clinicians,  for  example,  medical  students,  house  staff,  primary  care  physicians,  cardiologists,  and  nurses,  on  the  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  patients  with  cardiac  arrhythmias.  Thousands  of  copies  of  the  book  were  sold,  and  we  hope  those  readers  found  it  useful.  We  received  much  feedback  from  our  colleagues  and  trainees  over  the  years  and  discussed  with  each  other  some  alterations  to  consider  when  we  wrote  a  second  edition.  While  other  textbooks  on  cardiac  arrhythmias  are  available,  we  felt  there  remained  a  void  in  providing  our  practical  application  of  electrophysiological  principles  and  electrocardiographic  correlations  to  the  broader  community  involved  in  caring  for  patients  as  well  as  the  clinical  electrophysiologist.  This  motivated  us  to  pursue  a  second  edition  of  our  book.  We  welcome  our  new  co-author,  Dr.  James  Daubert,  also  a  Duke-trained  electrophysiology  fellow,  and  long-standing  friend  and  colleague.