The different forms of rhythm disturbances such as severe bradycardias, partly unstoppable ventricular tachyarrhythmias or critically coupling premature ventricular beats with their multifarious clinical appearances like harassing sensations, prefainting and syncope constitute serious scenarios in the range of emergency medicine. Similarly, sudden cardiac death still holds a yearly incidence of 1 of 1000. The spectrum of emergency procedures ranges from acute symptom management to life-saving interventions. An issue of malignant arrhythmias consists of the fact, that their sources are not necessarily formed by cardiac or electrophysiological diseases, but can also cohere with different types of endocrinological or neurological malfunctions. Last but not least, an increasing number of patients carry functional cardiac implants such as pacemakers and defibrillators with complex pacing algorithms, whose potential malfunctions may cause the necessity of immediate intervention.
Profound knowledge of underlying mechanisms presents an opportunity to advance the handling of malignant tachycardias. Electrophysiological tools have been developed to clarify substrates of rhythm disturbances with novel ablation strategies, utilising different energy sources, being employed during innovative ablation procedures. The intention of our special edition is to present the state of the art of actual diagnostic and therapy of malignant arrhythmias and their trigger mechanisms. The topics may extend from conventional structural and congenital heart diseases, molecular abnormalities of both ventricles and the impulse creating and conduction system, acquired substrates such as scar tissue or postinflammatory relicts. New insights into potential causes of relevant rhythm disturbances are welcome. Modern medical treatment, innovative ablation procedures and the handling and troubleshooting of edgy cardiac functional implants that prevent from or potentially cause miscellaneous types of rhythm disturbances are very welcome, too.
Led by an expert team of specialists, the Research Topic will accept manuscripts within this area of research, with the aim of giving the reader an overview of the latest discoveries and new findings, analysis of previously published data, new opinions and perspectives, and methods and protocols (when relevant). For that reason, all article types accepted by Frontiers are encouraged.
The different forms of rhythm disturbances such as severe bradycardias, partly unstoppable ventricular tachyarrhythmias or critically coupling premature ventricular beats with their multifarious clinical appearances like harassing sensations, prefainting and syncope constitute serious scenarios in the range of emergency medicine. Similarly, sudden cardiac death still holds a yearly incidence of 1 of 1000. The spectrum of emergency procedures ranges from acute symptom management to life-saving interventions. An issue of malignant arrhythmias consists of the fact, that their sources are not necessarily formed by cardiac or electrophysiological diseases, but can also cohere with different types of endocrinological or neurological malfunctions. Last but not least, an increasing number of patients carry functional cardiac implants such as pacemakers and defibrillators with complex pacing algorithms, whose potential malfunctions may cause the necessity of immediate intervention.
Profound knowledge of underlying mechanisms presents an opportunity to advance the handling of malignant tachycardias. Electrophysiological tools have been developed to clarify substrates of rhythm disturbances with novel ablation strategies, utilising different energy sources, being employed during innovative ablation procedures. The intention of our special edition is to present the state of the art of actual diagnostic and therapy of malignant arrhythmias and their trigger mechanisms. The topics may extend from conventional structural and congenital heart diseases, molecular abnormalities of both ventricles and the impulse creating and conduction system, acquired substrates such as scar tissue or postinflammatory relicts. New insights into potential causes of relevant rhythm disturbances are welcome. Modern medical treatment, innovative ablation procedures and the handling and troubleshooting of edgy cardiac functional implants that prevent from or potentially cause miscellaneous types of rhythm disturbances are very welcome, too.
Led by an expert team of specialists, the Research Topic will accept manuscripts within this area of research, with the aim of giving the reader an overview of the latest discoveries and new findings, analysis of previously published data, new opinions and perspectives, and methods and protocols (when relevant). For that reason, all article types accepted by Frontiers are encouraged.