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.

The accession of new EU member states demands considerable effort on their part, aimed at developing common policies and strategies. This book reports on the results of cooperation between researchers and centres representing both new EU entrants and those countries, that have been part of the Community for a long time.

The analysis of electric signals of the heart is one of the most fundamental and informative research and clinical tools of cardiology and internal medicine. This book covers the latest developments in the field of electrocardiology. It will be useful for every physician and cardiologist.

Electrocardiology has witnessed a century of development since the introduction of Einthoven's Galvanometer. With rapid progress in the scientific, technological and clinical aspects of the field of electrocardiology in recent years, electrocardiology now covers a wide range of topics from molecules as the electrical origin of the heart to diagnostic and therapeutic applications for cardiovascular diseases. This volume presents the latest information and developments in the field, from basic science to clinical electrocardiology. A wide range of topics are covered, including molecular biology, genetics, channelopathy, atrial fibrillation, catheter ablation, modeling of cardiac electrical activity, cardiac mapping, as well as diagnosis, treatment and prevention of cardiac disease and arrhythmic disorders.Contributors to the volume include leading experts in the field such as PJ Schwartz, C Antzelevitch, Y Rudy, HJGM Vrijin, DG Escande, AAM Wilde, DA Kass, J Jalife and A d'Avila. The book is an essential source of reference for cardiologists and electrocardiologists.

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.