Meet the editors

Peter Magnusson is a senior consultant in cardiology and active in diverse research projects including topics such as arrhythmia, cardiomyopathy, heart failure, valvular disease, and digital medicine. He is affiliated to Karolinska Institute, Sweden and Center for Research and Development Region Gävleborg, Uppsala University, Sweden. In November he will finish his PhD studies at Karolinska Institute with the thesis "Implantable Cardio-

verter Defibrillator Treatment in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy." Dr. Magnusson's research involves epidemiological studies, qualitative methods, observational studies, and randomized controlled trials. He is passionate about teaching and supervision, especially in academic projects. Currently, he is striving for implementation of research findings in order to improve health care.

Jo Ann LeQuang is a medical writer who got her start working in the pacemaker industry when she was hired to work for Intermedics to assist in setting up a translation department for software localization for implantable devices. She worked at the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division of St. Jude Medical (now Abbott) and together with Tom Kenny worked on *The Nuts & Bolts of Cardiac Pacing* series of books. She has worked

independently since 2003 and has been an author on more than forty peer-reviewed medical articles. In 2017, she won the Unsung Heroes Award for advocacy for chronic pain patients. She is Director of Scientific Communication at NEMA Research, Inc., and serves on the Board of Directors of No Baby Blisters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding the cure for epidermolysis bullosa, an orphan disease that affects newborns.

Contents

Pediatric Cardiac Arrest

*and Cindy Darnell Bowens*

and Basic Electrophysiology

Cardiac Death

*and Keshore Bidasee*

*by Leonid Makarov*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 51**

**Chapter 4 63**

**Chapter 5 91**

**Chapter 6 113**

**Chapter 7 135**

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Recent Advances *by Abhishek Kumar, Pratishtha Yadav and Rakesh Garg*

*by Priscilla Yu, Ivie D. Esangbedo, Lakshmi Raman* 

Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes

The Wearable Cardioverter-Defibrillator

*by Abdullah Abdulrhman Al Abdulgader*

Management Plans and Future Speculations *by Abdullah Abdulrhman Al Abdulgader*

Mechanisms of Diabetes Mellitus-Induced Sudden

*Sunil Rupee, Khemraj Rupee, Carlin Hanoman,* 

*by Manal M.A. Smail, Frank C. Howarth, Jaipaul Singh,* 

*by Peter Magnusson, Joseph V. Pergolizzi and Jo Ann LeQuang*

Inherited Ventricular Arrhythmias, the Channelopathies

and SCD; Current Knowledge and Future Speculation – Epidemiology

Inherited Ventricular Arrhythmias, the Channelopathies and SCD: Current Knowledge and Future Speculations - Risk Stratification,

*Abla Mohammed Ismail, Farah Ahmed Sleiman, Samar Abdulkhalek* 
