RT Book, Section
A1 Prystowsky, Eric N.
A2 Prystowsky, Eric N.
A2 Klein, George J.
A2 Daubert, James P.
SR Print(0)
ID 1176523050
T1 Electrophysiologic Testing and Diagnostic Maneuvers
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=1176523050
RD 2024/04/19
AB Programmed  electrical  stimulation  of  the  heart  was  introduced  by  Durrer  and  colleagues1  as  a  technique  to  study  the  mechanisms  of  cardiac  arrhythmias  in  humans.  A  critical  adjunct  to  this  earlier  work  was  the  development  of  a  catheter  method  to  record  His  bundle  potentials  in  humans.2  Through  the  use  of  these  techniques,  it  is  possible  to  diagnose  with  certainty  various  forms  of  supraventricular  and  ventricular  tachycardia  as  well  as  to  identify  the  site  of  atrioventricular  (AV)  block.  Clinical  electrophysiology  has  undergone  transformation  from  an  esoteric  subspecialty  of  cardiology,  concerned  primarily  with  diagnosing  various  cardiac  arrhythmias  and  investigating  electrophysiologic  (EP)  properties  of  the  heart,  to  an  area  vital  to  the  management  of  patients  with  arrhythmias,  including  the  ability  to  cure  patients  by  endocardial  catheter  ablation.  This  chapter  describes  the  techniques  and  applications  of  EP  testing.