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Arrhythmias  by John A. Kastor, MD

Second Edition, 2000, W.B. Saunders Company

Reviewed by Thomas Buckingham, MD, FACC, FESC

This is the second edition of a textbook which has been written (except for one chapter) by one author. The book is written for physicians, nurses and others interested in arrhythmias and is organized into chapters that deal with each arrhythmia in turn. There are no chapters dealing with the basic mechanisms or the pathophysiology of arrhythmias. The book is organized into four sections: History, Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Ventricular Arrhythmias, and Bradyarrhythmias. There are a total of 16 chapters and 603 pages. The book is large at 8.5 x 11 inches (21.7 x 28.5 cm). The first three chapters deal with the history of arrhythmias and include one interesting chapter devoted to a biography of Dr. Michel Mirowski, the inventor of the implantable cardioverter defibrillator. The first chapter, a History of Cardiac Arrhythmias, was written by W. Bruce Fye, but the rest were written by Dr. Kastor.

The remaining chapters deal with clinical arrhythmias, such as Atrial Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Fibrillation, etc. Each chapter has an extensive bibliography, which is primarily confined to English language medical literature. For example, the chapter on atrial fibrillation has 1917 references. The figures and tables are clear. There are also many bulleted lists in the text itself. The author has included many footnotes and these appear on almost every page of the text. Most chapters include a section titled, "Some Advances since the First Edition of this Book". The first edition was in 1994 and these sections are welcome descriptions of recent advances. The chapters also include short summaries at the end. The chapters are well-written in the standard format of a medical textbook.

I found this to be a good basic textbook on the subject and recommend it to physicians and students. The book does not contain many electrocardiograms or figures

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