Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardiac Arrest
Sudden Cardiac Death and Cardiac Arrest Donna Gerity Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is a major clinical and public health problem in the United States. The incidence of SCD is difficult…
Electrocardiography
Electrocardiography Carol Jacobson Electrocardiography is the graphic display of the changing potentials of the electrical field generated by the heart as recorded by electrodes placed on the body surface. Recording…
Interventional Cardiology Techniques: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Interventional Cardiology Techniques: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Michaelene Hargrove Deelstra More than 30 years has passed since the introduction of coronary angioplasty by Andreas Gruentzig in 1977.1 Interventional cardiology has continued…
Pericardial, Myocardial, and Endocardial Disease
Pericardial, Myocardial, and Endocardial Disease Margaret M. McNeill Pericardial, myocardial, and endocardial diseases impact the health of populations across the globe, and can have a significant impact on cardiac function…
Acute Coronary Syndromes
Acute Coronary Syndromes Jean Marie Blue Verrier Michaelene Hargrove Deelstra In 2005, there were an estimated 16 million people in the United States with coronary heart disease (CHD), translating to…
Exercise Testing
Exercise Testing Jonathan Myers Exercise testing is a widely used, noninvasive procedure that provides diagnostic, prognostic, and functional information for a wide spectrum of patients with cardiovascular, pulmonary, and other…
Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac Catheterization Michaelene Hargrove Deelstra Carol Jacobson Cardiac catheterization is widely used for diagnostic evaluation and therapeutic intervention in the management of patients with cardiac disease. Nurses have an important…
Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures
Cardiac Electrophysiology Procedures Susan Blancher The use of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) procedures includes diagnostic testing and interventional treatment procedures. In general, diagnostic EP studies are performed to determine an arrhythmia…
History Taking and Physical Examination
History Taking and Physical Examination Barbara S. Levine Assessment data, which are obtained from the patient’s history, physical examination, and diagnostic tests, are used to formulate clinical diagnoses, establish patient…
Heart Rate Variability
Heart Rate Variability Diana E. McMillan Robert L. Burr Heart rate variability (HRV) is the beat-to-beat variation of the cardiac cycle that results, in large part, from the interaction of…
