Chapter 16: Cardiac Electrophysiology

• Section 16.1: Ion Channels and Action Potentials

  • 16.1.1: Cellular Basis
    • Fast and slow response action potentials
    • Ion channelopathies (e.g., long QT syndrome)
  • 16.1.2: ECG Correlation
    • How ion channel currents produce the ECG waveform

• Section 16.2: Mechanisms of Arrhythmia

  • 16.2.1: Reentry
    • The anatomical and functional basis of reentry
    • Examples in AF and VT
  • 16.2.2: Automaticity
    • Normal vs. enhanced automaticity
    • Triggered activity and early/delayed afterdepolarizations