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Hans-Joachim Trappe

Contents

Case report: Resuscitation of a 55-year old physician
Magnus W. Prull, Gülseren Sürmeci, Irini M. Breker, Marc van Bracht, Hans-Joachim Trappe
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Section I: Basics/Background

Sudden cardiac arrest – How can we improve results of resuscitation?
Hein J. Wellens
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Music and medicine: The effects of music on the human being
Hans-Joachim Trappe
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Section II: Rhythm disturbances

What’s new in diagnosis and therapy of atrial fibrillation? New drugs, new ablation techniques and new devices
Isabel Deisenhofer
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Antiarrhythmic drug therapy in patients with supraventricular or ventricular tachyarrhythmias in emergencies
Dietrich Andresen, Hans-Joachim Trappe
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Section III: Defibrillators

Automated external defibrillators: What’s established? What’s new?
Hans-Joachim Trappe
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Cardioverter defibrillator therapy in the primary and secondary prevention of sudden cardiac death
Edgar Zitron, Dierk Thomas, Hugo A. Katus, Ruediger Becker
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Section IV: Resuscitation

The role of extracorporeal mechanical assists (ECLS et al.)
Stephan M. Ensminger, Thomas Puehler, Michael Benzinger, Michiel Morshuis, Lukasz Kizner, Jan F. Gummert
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Sudden cardiac death: Role of therapeutic hypothermia
Matthias Derwall, Michael Fries, Rolf Rossaint
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Separatum

Electrical impedance tomography: New diagnostic possibilities using regional time constant maps
R. Pikkemaat, K. Tenbrock, S. Lehmann, S. Leonhardt
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