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Edited by Ihor Gussak and Charles Antzelevitch. 968 pp., illustrated. London, Springer, 2008. $229. ISBN 978-1-84628-853-1.

It must have been a daunting task to produce a comprehensive account of the extraordinary advances in the genetics, molecular mechanisms, diagnosis, and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. Ihor Gussak and Charles Antzelevitch, the editors of this book, should be commended for a thoughtful and thorough review of these advances in our knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology.

The book contains 63 chapters that are organized into 7 sections. The contributors are leading authorities. The first contribution is a historical introduction, entitled "The Past and Promise of Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology." Its author, Harry Fozzard, chronicles such major discoveries as the electrocardiogram (1906), the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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