This volume consists of proceedings divided into 7 sections with a total of 89 papers. The proceedings are contributed by leading European, N American and Japanese researchers in this field. Recent works in various aspects of electrocardiology are discussed including mathematical modeling, cardial electrophysiology, cardiac arrhythmias, body surface mapping, computer applications, diagnostic criteria, ambulatory monitoring, conduction defects, etc. With the latest developments in the field of electrocardiology explored, this book will interest, inform and benefit doctors, physicists and computer scientists as well.

Two well-known and respected editors have assembled an outstanding group of electrophysiologists/physicians to write a major work representing the field of electrocardiography as we know it today. This book contains all the major subject areas within the field of electrocardiography with significant clinical and basic content to appeal to the entire electrophysiology community in addition to educating cardiologists with the latest information. The fact that Drs. Malik and Camm have edited this work assures a volume of incredible quality and readability.

New advances in both the theoretical and the practical aspects of electrocardiology are covered in this volume. The very latest techniques and their clinical applications are reviewed; these applications include cardiac mapping, ECG, VCG and late potentials analysis in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease.Other highlights of the proceedings are computer analysis and computer applications in electrocardiology, heart activation modelling and body surface mapping. The proceedings will be of interest to researchers in cardiology, clinical cardiologists, physicians, biophysicists and bioengineers.

As the majority of cardiovascular deaths are related to myocardial ischemia, it is necessary to understand the various aspects of ischemic heart disease. In this regard, it is noteworthy that ischemic heart disease is commonly associated with atherosclerosis, coronary spasm, as well as thrombosis leading to the development of arrhythmias, cardiovascular cell damage, myocardial infarction, cardiac hypertrophy and congestive heart failure. Furthermore, it is also important to appreciate various physiological, electrophysiological and biochemical processes in the normal heart if we are to understand their significance under pathological situations. Heart Function in Health and Disease has been organized in five sections to provide an outline of a complex problem in a convenient manner. One section of this book is devoted to shedding light on the restructuring and ontogenic changes in the developing heart whereas in the next section some hypertrophic alterations due to chronic hypoxia are described. The third and fourth sections of this book are concerned with the regulation of cardiac channels as well as signal transduction mechanisms and cardiac electric field. The fifth section contains some pathophysiological events during the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. All of these areas encompass a significant body of new information that will be invaluable to those who work in the field of cardiovascular sciences, as well as those who treat people with heart disease.

This volume provides a comprehensive synthesis of the recent advances in the field of electrocardiology, giving a unified framework for a multidisciplinary approach to further studies in this highly complex field. It should serve as a valuable reference for practising, clinical and investigative cardiologists as well as graduate students.

"One of the strengths of Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography through its more than 50-year history has been its lucid foundation for understanding the basis for ECG interpretation. Again, in this revision, we have attempted to retain the best of the Marriott tradition--emphasis on the concepts required for everyday ECG interpretation and the simplicities, rather than complexities, of the ECG recordings. During preparation of the 9th and 10th editions, Tobin Lim coauthored many of the 11th edition chapters and served as the primary developer of the digital content associated with that edition. Tobin Lim's input continues into this 12th edition, and David Strauss has led even further into the electronic-based interactive learning experiences. More than 30 of the figures that evolved through previous editions have now been converted through the creative expertise of Mark Flanders into animated movies accessed via QR codes imbedded in the book. David has also collaborated with electrocardiographic educators who are especially skilled in e-based education to add interactive video content to many of the 12th edition chapters. Each of the now 24 chapters is divided (as indicated in the table of contents) into discrete, compact "learning units." Each learning unit begins on a new page to provide blank space for the reader's notes. The purpose of the learning units is to make this book easier to use by allowing the reader to be selective regarding the material to be considered at a particular time. Because the modern student of electrocardiography is primarily oriented to a visual perspective, we have typically begun each page with an illustration"--Provided by publisher.