Subject Index
Ablation 91, 92, 95, 116, 119-122, 124-127, 130-133
Acute coronary syndrome 7, 8 Adrenergic stimulation 103, 332, 334 Aggressive approach 23, 26
Amiodarone 88, 99, 101-104 Angiography 23, 26-28, 32, 120-123 Animal
data 131 experiments 45 model 132, 344
Antiarrhythmic drugs 119
Antihypertensive drugs 51, 54, 56-59, 77 Antiplatelet agent 63, 64, 69, 110 Aortic aneurysm 389, 391, 394, 395 Arrhythmias 27, 49, 75
Athletes 267, 269, 279-283, 397, 399 Aspirin 17, 23-25, 27, 36, 63-70, 108, 110,
161
Atrial fibrillation (AF) 85, 91, 99, 107, 115, 119, 135, 182, 189, 236, 268, 269, 289, 313 Atrial flutter 93, 102, 103, 129-133, 143, 236
Cardiac
arrest 159, 162, 225, 226, 261, 262, 264, 269-271, 274, 279, 291, 397
resynchronisation 159, 165, 175, 189, 190, 199, 205, 206, 215, 227, 317 therapy (CRT) 159, 165, 175, 189,
199, 205, 206, 215, 227, 317
Cardioversion 91-94, 100, 102, 103, 113, 115, 116, 136, 142, 143, 146, 237, 315-317 Catheter 18-20, 33, 41-43, 93, 95, 112, 116,
119-127, 131, 133, 139, 141, 143, 146, 176, 181, 192, 231, 233, 236, 237, 280, 282, 283, 306, 323, 390, 399, 402
ablation 95, 116, 119-127, 131, 133,
143, 282, 283, 399, 402
Clinical trials 24, 27, 53, 54, 56, 59, 64, 77, 107, 108, 155, 160, 162, 223, 227, 228, 294, 300
Computed tomography 389
Congestive heart failure 55-57, 85, 86, 103, 115, 135, 155, 191, 199, 202, 247, 269, 290
C-reactive protein 8, 11, 12, 68 Curved multiplanar reformatting (cMPR) 382
Diabetes mellitus 3, 29, 33, 47, 68, 108, 206, 207
Diagnosis 11, 14, 57, 131, 225, 251, 268, 269, 283, 357-359, 361-363, 383, 386, 391, 392, 394, 397, 398, 400, 402
Diastolic function 181, 184, 185, 400, 402 Doppler tissue imaging 166
Dual-sensor rate responsive system 347
ECG 13, 27, 76, 86, 88, 101, 130, 166, 193, 200, 225, 226, 249, 252, 280, 305, 326, 328, 338, 341, 342, 357-359, 382, 383, 385, 386, 393
triggering 382 gating 382
Echocardiography 35, 78, 86, 87, 91, 92, 94, 95, 123, 124, 166, 168, 171, 181, 185, 216, 280, 359, 364, 383, 400, 402
Economical point of view 217
Ejection fraction 47, 156-160, 165, 167, 184, 189, 190, 199, 201, 206, 207, 216, 224, 247, 306, 341
Electrophysiological study 252, 272, 359 Four-row MSCT 381
Subject Index
Glycaemic control 34, 37
Guidelines 12, 18, 24-27, 53, 54, 63, 66, 67, 91, 108, 109, 155, 199, 223-226, 243, 249, 261, 274, 311, 357
Haemodynamic assessment 323
Heart failure 15, 41, 55-57, 59, 85, 86, 99, 101-103, 115, 135, 155-159, 162, 165, 168, 172, 175, 181, 189-193, 195, 199-202, 205, 206, 211, 212, 215, 223, 224, 227, 233, 247- 249, 269, 271, 273, 290, 292, 300, 305, 311, 316, 317, 344, 398
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 224-226, 234, 267, 281
IIb/IIIa inhibitors 24, 25, 35
Imaging 91, 92, 95, 119, 120, 123-125, 127, 131, 166-168, 170, 171, 184, 185, 200, 283, 381-383, 389-391, 393, 394, 399-402 Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) 155, 159, 162, 201, 206-211, 216, 223-228, 241-243, 245, 247-249, 253-258, 270-274, 282, 283, 293, 300, 301, 313-317 Intracardiac echocardiography 94, 123,
124
Intracardiac haemodynamic sensor 337
Management guidelines 155, 357
Maximum intensity projection (MIP) 382, 390, 395
Maze 95, 136, 137-141, 143, 146 Microcirculation 26, 44
Mitral valve 108, 135, 142-144, 146, 166, 167, 181-183, 269, 281
Multiplanar reformatting (MPR) 382, 390, 392, 393
Multi-detector row 387
Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) 381, 383-386
Myocardial infarction 11-14, 17, 18, 24, 29, 32, 46, 47, 49, 50, 55, 63, 76, 103, 104, 160, 161, 224, 225, 231, 233-236, 272, 273, 313, 358, 363, 367, 381, 386
Neuromediated syncope 373, 375 Neurostimulation 42-48
Nonpharmacological therapies 162 Over–the–wire left ventricular leads 177 Pacemaker 43, 116, 143, 165, 192, 199, 201,
206-212, 217, 255, 256, 272, 282, 289, 291, 292, 294, 297, 299, 300, 302, 306, 309, 310, 316, 323, 324, 328, 332, 339, 341-344, 347- 350, 352, 359, 373-375
implantation 116, 192, 201, 209, 270, 289, 297, 299, 306, 324, 343, 373-375 Pacing 132, 133, 162, 165, 171, 175-180,
189-195, 199-202, 205, 211, 212, 218, 237, 241, 248, 255, 256, 273, 289-295, 297-302, 305, 306, 309-311, 313, 316, 318, 323-329, 331-335, 341, 342, 347-353, 374, 375
site 192, 297-299, 301, 302
Percutaneous coronary intervention 18, 23, 33, 224, 229, 385
Permanent cardiac pacing 195, 375 Pharmacological therapies 160-162, 313 Physical exercise 347, 351, 353, 368 Physiological pacing 289-291, 297, 298,
300, 302
Prevention 8, 56, 57, 63-70, 76, 85, 87-89, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 110-113, 117, 124, 155, 159, 161, 162, 223-226, 234, 235, 247-249, 253, 255, 261, 270, 272-274, 299, 300, 368, 369
Primary angioplasty 235
Primary prevention 64-67, 69, 70, 159, 162, 224, 226, 247, 248, 255, 273, 274
Prognosis 12, 19, 55, 56, 75, 165, 182, 189, 190, 271, 399
Pulmonary veins 92, 95, 117, 131, 132, 136- 139, 142, 145
Quality of life 41, 117, 155, 190, 192-194, 199, 201, 202, 205, 216, 227, 242, 243, 256, 290, 291, 297, 298, 310, 313, 367, 373
Rate-responsive pacing 323, 327, 331, 335 Rate adaptation 344, 347
Refractory angina pectoris 41-44, 47, 49 Risk stratification 11, 26, 27, 75, 91, 225,
226, 247, 269, 381
Secondary prevention 65, 66, 68-70, 155, 159, 161, 225, 226, 249, 255, 274
Sick sinus syndrome 161, 297, 348 Sinus rhythm 86, 89, 91-94, 99-102, 112,
113, 115-117, 131, 135, 136, 142, 143, 145, 146, 161, 182-185, 190, 191, 193, 195, 236, 252, 298, 300, 305, 313, 317, 334, 343 Spatial resolution 381, 389-391 406
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) 42, 43, 45, 47, 49, 50
Strain 107, 166, 170, 171, 200 rate 166, 170, 171, 200
ST-elevation myocardial infarction 24, 32 Stress test 280, 323, 327
Stroke 18, 33, 55-57, 59, 63-67, 76, 85, 87, 88, 92-94, 107-112, 115-117, 135, 166, 269, 271, 292, 300, 323, 326, 331, 341, 348, 367 Stylet-guided left ventricular leads 175,
176, 178
Sudden death 155, 162, 159, 225, 233, 249, 251-254, 261, 268, 270, 272, 362, 363, 367, 381, 397-399
Surgery 41, 43, 46, 47, 104, 135, 136, 140, 141, 143, 144, 273, 341, 342, 385, 391, 399, 402
Temporal resolution 164, 381-383, 389, 402
Thrombolysis 17-19, 231
Thrombosis 11, 34, 64, 65, 67, 68, 94, 95, 395 Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimula- tion (TENS) 42, 43, 46, 47
Transvalvular impedance 323, 324, 326, 331, 333, 339, 340, 347
Trials 17-19, 24-27, 31-33, 35, 36, 53, 54, 64-67, 77, 107, 108, 111, 112, 117, 155, 160-162, 199, 202, 215, 217, 223, 225, 227, 228, 231, 248, 249, 290, 293, 294, 297, 300, 310, 316, 369
Troponin-I 11
Ventricular
arrhythmias 75, 179, 231-236, 243, 244, 255, 256, 258, 269, 271-273, 397, 402 contractility 331
fibrillation 159, 224, 239, 241, 251, 253, 257, 261, 270, 272, 282
pacing 175, 177, 190, 192-195, 200, 201, 248, 290, 292, 294, 297, 300-302, 305, 316, 328, 333, 342, 348-350
rate control 115-117, 137, 183 Volume rendering 282, 390
Warfarin 87, 92, 94, 110, 111, 116, 117, 137 Ximelagatran 110, 111
Subject index 407
