Syncope : mechanisms and management / / edited by Blair P. Grubb, Brian Olshansky

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Mass., : Blackwell Futura, c2005
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 368 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 616/.047
• Soggetto topico: Syncope (Pathology)
• Altri autori: GrubbBlair P OlshanskyBrian
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Syncope : an overview of evaluation and management / Brian Olshansky -- Neurocardiogenic syncope / Blair P. Grubb -- Dysautonomic (orthostatic) syncope / Blair P. Grubb -- Bradyarrhythmias as a cause of syncope / David Benditt and Richard Sutton -- Tachyarrhythmias as a cause of syncope / Frank Pelosi and Fred Morady -- Use of electrophysiologic studies in syncope : practical aspects of diagnosis and management / Edward Telfer and Brian Olshansky -- Tilt table testing / Michele Brignole -- Use of implantable cardioverter defibrillators in patients with syncope / Brian Olshansky -- Neurologic causes of syncope / Philip Low -- Structural and obstructive causes of cardiovascular syncope / Yousuf Kanjwal and Blair P. Grubb -- Inherited arrhythmic and related causes of syncope / Blair P. Grubb and Brian Olshansky -- Psychiatric disorders in patients with syncope / Angele McGrady and Ronald McGinnis -- ; Postural tachycardia, orthostatic intolerance, and the chronic fatigue -- Syndrome / Blair P. Grubb, Peter Rowe, and Hugh Calkins -- Carotid sinus hypersensitivity / Rose Anne Kenny and Steve W. Parry -- Miscellaneous causes of syncope / Daniel J. Kosinski and Blair P. Grubb -- Syncope in the child and adolescent / Blair P. Grubb and Richard Friedman -- Syncope in the athlete / Olaf Hedrich ... [et al.] -- Syncope in the elderly / Lewis Lipsitz and Blair P. Grubb -- The implantable loop recorder for diagnosis of unexplained syncope / Andrew D. Krahn ... [et al.] -- Driving and syncope / Brian Olshansky and Blair P. Grubb -- Syncope and the law / Mark J. Zucker and Gerald Bloch.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Syncope
• ISBN: 1-280-19696-3; 9786610196968; 0-470-98480-5; 0-470-99480-0; 1-4051-4381-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996205519103316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno