Chapter 1. Basics

1.1 Basic Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology
1.2 The Cardiac Action Potential
1.3 Definitions:What Defines Normal Sinus Rhythm?
1.4 Brady Arrhythmias and Conduction Blocks

Chapter 2. Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)

2.1 Diagnosis
2.2 Drug Therapy for SVT
2.3 Sinus Tachycardia
2.4 Atrial Tachycadria
2.5 Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardias (AVRT)
2.6 Atrial Fibrillation
2.7 Post op AFib
2.8 Atrial Flutter
2.9 Long Term Drug Therapy for Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter

Chapter 3. Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT)

3.1 Differential Diagnosis of a Regular Wide Complex Rhythm
3.2 ECG Diagnosis
3.3 Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
3.4 SVT with Aberrant Conduction
3.5 WPW with Antidromic Conduction
3.6 Acute Treatment of VT/VF
3.7 Hemodynamically Stable Ventricular Tachycardia
3.8 Asystole and Pulseless Electrical Activity
3.9 Drug Therapy for Ventricular Tachycardias
3.10 Long Term Therapy for Patients with VT/VF

Chapter 4. Special Considerations

4.1 Atrial Premature Depolarizations (APD)
4.2 Ventricular Premature Deloparizations (VPD)
4.3 Conduction Disturbances with Acute Myocardial Infarct/Ischemia
4.4 Pacemakers and Internal Defibrillators (ICD’s)
4.5 Proarrhythmia
4.6 Torsades de Pointes
4.7 Bradyarrhythmias
4.8 Temporary Transthoracic Pacing
4.9 Temporary Transvenous Pacing
4.10 Syncope
4.11 Summary

Chapter 5. Antiarrhythmic Drugs (according to the Vaughan-Williams-Harrison Classification)

5.1 Class I (Na Channel Blockers)
5.2 Class II (Beta Blockers)
5.3 Class III (K channel blockers)
5.4 Class IV (Calcium Channel Blockers)
5.5 Miscellaneous Antiarrhythmic agents
5.6 Special Situations

Appendix I. Drug Trials and Device Therapy in Patients with Ventricular Arrhythmias
Appendix II. ACC/AHA ACLS Algorithms and Guidelines