Cardiac Repolarization

Nabil El-Sherif, MDProfessor of Medicine & Physiology, State University of New York Medical CenterChief, Cardiology Division, NY Harbor VA Healthcare System, Brooklyn, NYDistinguished Scientist of the American College of Cardiology

• Part I. Pathophysiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Management of Cardiac Repolarization.- 1. Physiology and Molecular biology of Cardiac Ion Channels and Ventricular Repolarization.- 2. Cardiac Repolarization and the Autonomic Nervous System.- 3. Role of Repolarization Remodeling in Organic Heart Disease.- 4. Stem Cells in Study and Treatment of Cardiac Repolarization.- 5. Racial and Gender Differences in Cardiac Repolarization and Arrhythmogenesis.- 6. ECG-derived Evaluation of Cardiac Repolarization.- Part II.  Pathophysiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Management of Long QT Syndromes.- 7. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Congenital Long QT Syndrome (LQTS).- 8. Pharmacotherapeutics and Clinical Management of Congenital LQTS.- 9. Drug-induced LQTS.- 10. Arrhythmogenic Mechanism of TdP in LQTS.- 11. Pathogenesis of  Autoimmune-associated LQTS.- 12. Role of inflammation andAutoimmune Disease in LQTS.- 13. Future of Genetic Therapy of Congenital LQTS.- Part III. Pathophysiology, Molecular Biology, and Clinical Management of Early Repolarization Syndromes.- 14. Genetics, Molecular biology, and Emerging Concepts of Early Repolarization Syndrome (ERS).- 15. Electrocardiographic J-wave and Cardiovascular Risk in the General Population.- 16. Benign Versus Malignant Early Repolarization Patterns.- 17. Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Management of Brugada Syndrome.- Part IV. Pathophysiology and Clinical Management of Special Cardiac Repolarization Syndromes.- 18. Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Management of Short QT Syndrome.- 19. Pathophysiology of Repolarization Alternans.- 20. Microvolt T-wave Alternans: Pathophysiology and Clinical Aspects.- 21. Atrial Repolarization and Arrhythmogenesis: Basic and Clinical Aspects.