Arrhythmias in Women

Yong-Mei Cha, MD, is a Consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Margaret A. Lloyd, MD, is a Consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Ulrika M. Birgersdotter-Green, MD, is the Director of Pacemaker and ICD Services for the UC-San Diego Health System in San Diego, California, and Professor of Medicine at UC-San Diego School of Medicine.

This book is not only an important, but an essential resource for cardiologists, clinicians, electrophysiologists, internists, and related health care professionals who seek to better diagnose and treat arrhythmias in their women patients. It provides an up-to-date review of the diagnosis and treatment of atrial and ventricular arrhythmias.

• Preface ; Names of Clinical Trials, Studies, and Registries ; 1 Sex Bias or Sex Disparities Among Women With Arrhythmias? Jodie L. Hurwitz, MD ; 2 Women in Clinical Trials Jeanne S. Poole, MD ; 3 Genetic and Hereditary Considerations for Arrhythmias in Women Ohad Ziv, MD, and Elizabeth S. Kaufman, MD ; 4 Sex-Specific Electrophysiologic Properties Christine Tanaka-Esposito, MD, and Mina K. Chung, MD ; 5 Supraventricular Arrhythmias Cevher Ozcan, MD, and Anne B. Curtis, MD ; 6 Atrial Fibrillation in Women Susan J. Eisenberg, MD, and Taya V. Glotzer, MD ; 7 Drug Treatment in Women Katherine T. Murray, MD ; 8 Sudden Cardiac Death in Women Laura M. Gravelin, MD, and Rachel J. Lampert, MD ; 9 Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator Therapy in Women Andrea M. Russo, MD ; 10 Pacing and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Women Judith A. Mackall, MD, and Yong-Mei Cha, MD ; 11 Syncope and POTS: Are Women Really Faint of Heart? Celina M. Yong, MD, and Karen J. Friday, MD ; 12 The Road to a Successful Women's Heart Clinic Darcy H. Theisen, MSN, CNP, and Bobbi L. Hoppe, MD ; 13 Taking a Look Around the World Uma N. Srivatsa, MBBS, and Amparo C. Villablanca, MD ; 14 Pregnancy and Arrhythmias Lynda E. Rosenfeld, MD ; 15 Lead Extraction in Women Ulrika M. Birgersdotter-Green, MD, and Margaret A. Lloyd, MD