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Anthony Gomes 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (325 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a3-030-77381-7 327 $aIntro -- Praise for Rhythms of Broken Hearts -- Books by J. Anthony Gomes, MD -- Author's Note -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: The Mythology of the Human Heart -- Chapter 1: Romanticizing the Heart -- Ancient Egyptian View of the Heart -- Ancient Indian View of the Heart -- Ancient Greek View of the Heart -- Ancient Islamic View of the Heart -- The Renaissance Heart -- William Harvey's View of the Heart -- The Heart as Metaphor -- Chapter 2: The Mysteries of the Age-Old Pulse -- The Rosetta Stone of Ancient Egyptian Medicine -- Classifying the Pulse: Ancient Asian Medicine -- Dissections and Clepsydras: The Ancient Greeks and Romans -- Avicenna and Maimonides -- The Pulsilogium and the Stopwatch -- Current Understanding of the Pulse -- Conclusions -- Part II: The Renaissance Period in Heart Rhythm Disorders -- Chapter 3: Demystifying the Heart -- The Cartography of the Heart -- The Search for the Command Center -- The Org Chart of Control -- Inside the Command Fibers -- Chapter 4: Understanding Heart Rhythm Disorders: The Birth of the ECG and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology -- The Code of the Electrocardiogram (ECG) -- Starting and Stopping Heartbeats -- Tapping the Signals From Within the Heart -- Enter Dr. Benjamin Scherlag, Ph.D. -- The USPHS Hospital and Its Electrophysiology Laboratory -- Dr. Anthony N. Damato: The Grandfather of Clinical Electrophysiology -- Part III: Galloping Away in the Atrium -- Chapter 5: Living with a Galloping Heart -- George Ralph Mines and the Circles of PSVT -- Maria's PSVT -- Identifying Maria's Syndrome -- What Causes WPW Syndrome? -- Maria's Life-Threatening Complication -- The Commonest Supraventricular Tachycardia -- The Case of Antoinette -- Chapter 6: Radical Ideas: The Road to Conquering Supraventricular Tachycardia -- The Road to Ending PSVT -- The Attempt to Save Diane. 327 $aCatheters and Radio Waves -- Diane and Her Secret Companion -- Antoinette's Curative Ablation of AVNRT -- The Management of AVNRT -- Chapter 7: Atrial Fibrillation: The Heart's Tap Dance -- Triggers and Genes -- The Cost of Atrial Fibrillation -- The Insidious Upshots of Atrial Fibrillation -- Evolution of Clot Prevention in AF Treatment -- The Story of Warfarin -- The New Anticoagulants -- Preventing Strokes in Patients with AF -- New Devices for Stroke Prevention -- Evolution of Rhythm and Rate Control in AF -- Cardioversion -- The Story of Maze -- Medical Societies and Their Guidelines -- Ablation: Fire and Ice -- Treating Marjorie -- Chapter 8: The Sawtooth Rhythm: Atrial Flutter -- The Story of the Purple Foxglove (Digitalis) -- The Road to Definitive Treatment -- Part IV: Abnormal Rhythms Arising from the Ventricles -- Chapter 9: The Elusive Ventricular Extra-Beat -- The Origins of VPCs -- Martha: Anxiety Versus VPCs -- The Rock and the Mountain -- VPC-Induced Cardiomyopathy -- From Killer Treatments to No Treatment to Ablation -- Chapter 10: A Catastrophic Event: Sudden Cardiac Death -- Profile of the Dark Prince -- Who Is Most Susceptible? -- Treatment of SCD -- Acute Management -- Management of Survivors of SCD -- Chapter 11: Strange Occurrences in Life's Channels -- The Magic of DNA -- Lights, Cameras, and Sudden Death -- Killer Alarm Clocks -- A Lethal Request: CVPT -- Death Preceded by a Scream in Sleep: The Brugada Syndrome -- Chapter 12: A Heartbreaking Calamity: Sudden Death in the Athlete -- The Effect of Athletics on the Heart -- Causes of SCD in Athletes -- The Ungluing Disease: ARVD -- Commotio Cordis -- Which Athletes Are at Risk? -- The Pre-screening Battle -- Looking Forward -- Chapter 13: Conquering the Arrhythmic Substrate: The Scalpel and the Source -- Deciphering Mechanisms: The Search for the Substrate. 327 $aDr. Hein J.J. Wellens: Starting and Stopping VT -- Mark Josephson: The Scalpel and the Source -- Historical Evolution of Surgery: The Philadelphia Peel -- Evelyn and the Countless Shocks -- Chapter 14: A Revolutionary Idea: The Implantable Defibrillator: A Lifesaver -- From Mordechai Friedman to Michel Mirowski -- The Inspiration -- Development of the Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD) -- The Boy from Colombia -- Kathy's Blackout Spell -- Chapter 15: To Freeze and Not to Fry -- Chapter 16: Of Scintillating Lights, Tunnels, and Astral Encounters -- Is There a Biological Explanation for NDEs? -- The Concept of Mass/Energy Applied to the Afterlife -- Part V: The Break Down -- Chapter 17: The Broken Heart -- Voodoo and the Octopus Pot -- Part VI: The Slow Down -- Chapter 18: The Ubiquitous Faint -- The Impact of Syncope -- Paradoxes of the Common Faint -- The Tilt and the Monitor -- Treatment of Recurrent Fainting -- Chapter 19: The Stuttering Maestro: The Sick Sinus -- The Sick Sinus -- Pathophysiology of the Sick Sinus -- The Exhausted Student -- Chapter 20: Of Disconnected Highways: Heart Blocks -- The Highway in the Heart -- First Degree: "If the R Is Far from P" -- Second Degree Type I: "Longer, Longer, Longer, Drop!" -- Second Degree Type II: "If Some P's Just Don't Go Through" -- Third Degree: "If P's and Q's Just Don't Agree" -- Causes of Heart Blocks -- A Case of Stokes-Adams Syndrome -- Part VII: A Brand-New Rhythm: A Brand-New Heart -- Chapter 21: The Artificial Pacemaker: A Life-Giver -- The Implantable Pacemaker -- The Future of the Cardiac Pacemaker -- The Biventricular Pacemaker for Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) -- Chapter 22: When All Is Said and Done: Waiting for a Heart Transplant -- The Story of Cyclosporine -- Linda and the Wait -- Transplants Today -- Carol and the Tetralogy. 327 $aPart VIII: The Quest to Overcome Heart Attacks -- Chapter 23: Of Bypasses and Clot Busters -- The Heart Surgeon and the Bypass -- The Discovery of Thrombosis in Acute Myocardial Infarction -- The Clot Busters -- The Bug and the Clot Buster -- The Story of Tissue Plasminogen Activator (t-PA-Activase) -- Chapter 24: A Riveting New Era: The Birth of Interventional Cardiology -- Balloons in the Bloodstream -- The Cowboy Cardiologist -- Tubes Within Tubes: The Stent Story -- Pedro Sanchez Today -- Stents or Bypasses or Conservative Medical Treatment? -- Mortality Reduction in Coronary Artery Disease -- Part IX: Stories of Survival -- Chapter 25: A Family Affair -- Chapter 26: Cruising Through Complications of a Heart Attack -- Chapter 27: A Missed Diagnosis: A Lifetime of Endurance -- The Terrorist Attack -- Clara's Heart Failure -- Solving the Puzzle -- Chapter 28: Old Age: How Long Should We Hope to Live? -- The Consequences of Aging -- Is There Compression or Expansion of Morbidity with Age? -- The Scourge of COVID-19 -- End-of-Life Issues -- Part X: Heart Care -- Chapter 29: Some Heart Care Advice to Live By -- What to Do If Illness Strikes -- About the Author -- Notes -- Authors Note -- Preface -- Part I: The Mythology of the Human Heart -- Romanticizing the Heart -- The Mysteries of the Age-Old Pulse -- Part II: The Renaissance Period in Heart Rhythm Disorders -- Demystifying the Heart -- Understanding Heart Rhythm Disorders: The Birth of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology -- Part III: Galloping Away in the Atrium -- Living With a Galloping Heart -- Radical Ideas: The Road to Conquering Supraventricular Tachycardia -- Atrial Fibrillation: The Heart's Tap Dance -- The Sawtooth Rhythm: Atrial Flutter -- Part IV: Abnormal Rhythms Arising from the Ventricles -- The Elusive Extrabeat -- A Catastrophic Event: Sudden Cardiac Death. 327 $aStrange Occurrences in Life's Channels -- A Heart Braking Calamity: Sudden Death in the Athlete -- Conquering the Arrhythmia Substrate: The Scalpel and the Source -- A Revolutionary Idea: The Implantable Defibrillator?A Lifesaver -- To Freeze and Not to Fry -- Of Scintillating Lights, Tunnels, and Astral Encounters -- Part V: The Break Down -- The Broken Heart -- Part VI: The Slow Down -- The Ubiquitous Faint -- The Stuttering Maestro: The Sick Sinus -- Of Disconnected Highways: AV Blocks -- Part VII: A Brand-New Rhythm: A Brand-New Heart -- The Artificial Pacemaker: A Life Giver -- When All Is Said and Done: Waiting for a Heart Transplant -- Part VIII: The Quest to Overcome Heart Attacks -- Of Bypasses and Clot Busters -- A Riveting New Era: The Birth of Interventional Cardiology -- Part IX: Stories of Survival -- A Family Affair -- Cruising Through Complications of a Heart Attack -- A Missed Diagnosis: A Lifetime of Endurance -- Old Age: How Long Should We Hope to Live? -- Part X: Heart Care -- Some Heart Care Advice to Live By -- Selected Bibliography -- Romanticizing the Heart -- The Mysteries of the Age-Old Pulse -- Demystifying the Heart -- Understanding Heart Rhythm Disorders: The Birth of the ECG and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology -- Living with a Galloping Heart -- Radical Ideas: The Road to Conquering Supraventricular Tachycardia -- Atrial Fibrillation: The Heart's Tap Dance -- The Sawtooth Rhythm: Atrial Flutter -- The Elusive Extrabeat -- A Catastrophic Event: Sudden Cardiac Death -- Strange Occurences in Life's Channels -- A Heartbraking Calamity: Sudden Death in the Athlete -- Conquering the Arrhythmia Substrate: The Scalpel and the Source -- A Revolutionary Idea: The Implantable Defibrillator?A Lifesaver -- To Freeze and Not to Fry -- Of Scintillating Lights, Tunnels, and Astral Encounters -- The Broken Heart. 327 $aThe Ubiquitous Faint. 606 $aHeart$xDiseases 606 $aMalalties del cor$2thub 606 $aArrítmia$2thub 608 $aLlibres electrònics$2thub 615 0$aHeart$xDiseases. 615 7$aMalalties del cor 615 7$aArrítmia 676 $a616.12 700 $aGomes$b J. 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