viii
Contents
Atrial Flutter
364
Patterns of Atrioventricular Conduction
366
Atrial Fibrillation
370
Characteristics of the f Waves of Atrial Fibrillation
371
Patterns of Atrioventricular Conduction
373
Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation with Ventricular Preexcitation
375
CHAPTER 18
REENTRANT JUNCTIONAL
TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
379
Marcel Gilbert, Galen S. Wagner, and David G. Strauss
Introduction to Reentrant Junctional Tachyarrhythmias
380
Varieties of Reentrant Junctional Tachyarrhythmias
383
Conduction through the Atria and Ventricles
384
Differentiation from Other Tachyarrhythmias
385
Differentiation between AV Nodal and AV-Bypass Tachycardias
388
The Two Varieties of AV Nodal Tachycardia
392
The Three Varieties of AV-Bypass Tachycardia
394
CHAPTER 19
REENTRANT VENTRICULAR
TACHYARRHYTHMIAS
399
Marcel Gilbert, Galen S. Wagner, and David G. Strauss
Varieties of Ventricular Tachyarrhythmias
400
Description
401
Etiologies
402
Diagnosis
403
Variation of Duration in Ventricular Tachycardia
414
Variations in the Electrocardiographic Appearance of Ventricular
Tachycardia: Torsades de Pointes
415
Ventricular Flutter/Fibrillation
416
CHAPTER 20
VENTRICULAR VERSUS SUPRAVENTRICULAR
WITH ABERRANT CONDUCTION
423
Galen S. Wagner
Circumstances Producing Aberrancy
425
Characteristics
427
Ventricular Aberration Complicating Atrial Flutter/Fibrillation
431
Critical Rate
437
Paradoxical Critical Rate
440
CHAPTER 21
DECREASED AUTOMATICITY
443
Galen S. Wagner
Mechanisms of Bradyarrhythmias of Decreased Automaticity
445
Sinoatrial Block
450
Perspective on Sinus Pauses
451
