Cardiac Mapping [antikvár]

Preface Cardiac mapping has always been an integral part of both experimental and clinical electrophysiology. Indeed, Sir Thomas Lewis systematically investigated the activation sequence of the dog ventricle as early as 1915. The detailed activation map from that experiment is shown in Figure 1. Since then, cardiac mapping has evolved from single sequential probe mapping to very sophisticated computerized three-di-mensional mapping. By the time cardiac mapping began being used in the surgical management of ventricular as well as supraventricular tachycardias, a large body of literature had already been collected. Despite this significant progress, a collective textbook that attempted to discuss all aspects of cardiac mapping did not exist. When we first considered working on such a project, we were not sure if our friends and colleagues who had paved the road to this point would think it necessary to join us in this effort, especially in this era of implantable devices. We were surprised and encouraged by their unanimous positive support to go ahead with this text. (Many of the contributors have already asked about the second revised edition!) The contributors unanimously agreed to prepare manuscripts that discussed their latest work and that would subsequently be published in this, the only comprehensive book to present state-of-the-art on all aspects of cardiac mapping from computer simulation to online clinical application. Thus, we would like to thank all the con- co^r ¦000/ Figure 1. xv