Product Description: Cardiac arrhythmias can be effectively treated with medication if they have been properly diagnosed. This handbook examines the pathogenesis of disruptions in normal cardiac rhythm and discusses pharmacologic treatment options.

Product Description: Focusing on the control of cardiac rhythm, this text covers the basics of antiarrhythmic therapy and electrophysiology, and presents a discussion of findings in the field. It also covers the Vaughan Williams classes of antiarrhythmic agents; the breakdown of the class I agents into Ia, Ib and Ic categories; and an addition to the classifiction of type III agents, dividing them into those that have beta blocking effects and those that do not...read more