DESCRIPTION:
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. Incorporating clinical, investigative and experimental work conducted by leading authorities from all over the world, this book will serve as a practical resource for practicing cardiologists, electrophysiologists, neurologists, internists, pediatricians, and family physicians, as well as residents and fellows in these disciplines.
CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Syncope: An Overview of Evaluation and Management
Chapter 2: Neurocardiogenic Syncope
Chapter 3: Dysautonomic (Orthostatic) Syncope
Chapter 4: Bradyarrhythmias as a Cause of Syncope
Chapter 5: Tachyarrhythmias as a Cause of Syncope
Chapter 6: Use of Electrophysiologic Studies in Syncope: Practical Aspects of Diagnosis and Management
Chapter 7: Tilt Table Testing
Chapter 8: Use of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators in Patients With Syncope
Chapter 9: Neurologic Causes of Syncope
Chapter 10: Structural and Obstructive Causes of Cardiovascular Syncope
Chapter 11: Inherited Arrhythmic and Related Causes of Syncope
Chapter 12: Psychiatric Disorders in Patients With Syncope
Chapter 13: Postural Tachycardia, Orthostatic Intolerance and the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chapter 14: Carotid Sinus Hypersensitivity
Chapter 15: Miscellaneous Causes of Syncope
Chapter 16: Syncope in the Child and Adolescent
Chapter 17: Syncope in the Athlete
Chapter 18: Syncope in the Elderly
Chapter 19: The Implantable Loop Recorder for Diagnosis of Unexplained Syncope
Chapter 20: Driving and Syncope
Chapter 21: Syncope and the Law
