title: Recent advances in clinical cardiac electrophysiology.
abstract: Management of patients presenting with significant cardiac arrhythmias depends greatly on the initial clinical assessment; underlying cardiovascular disorders must be evaluated because they often are the substrate or trigger of arrhythmias. Electrophysiologic testing may be used to guide therapy with antiarrhythmic drugs or with devices such as the automatic implantable cardioverter/defibrillator; in selected patients, arrhythmias may be ablated surgically or with percutaneous catheter techniques. Advances in clinical cardiac electrophysiology have resulted in successful therapy or cure of many patients with symptomatic or life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Kronenberg
mesh_terms: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents