ECG at a Glance
by
Patrick Davey - Leo Schamroth
Commended in the Cardiology category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2009, this title combines the science behind ECGs with how to use them to guide diagnosis and treatment. It is suitable for medical students as well as specialist nurses.
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Complete description
Highly Commended in the Cardiology category at the British Medical Association Book Awards 2009, this brand new title in the popular "at a Glance" series combines the science behind ECGs with how to use them to guide diagnosis and treatment. These key skills are fundamental for examination of the cardiovascular system and all medical students and specialist nurses are expected to be proficient at ECG interpretation. "The at a Glance" approach provides a large number of clear diagrams and example ECGs alongside concise text, putting the ECGs into a clinical context, all in easy-to-absorb double-page sections.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)
City:
Chicester
Pages:
168
More info:
height 276 mm
width 221 mm
weight 550 gr
thickness 11 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey: 616.1207547
Library of Congress Subject: Electrocardiography
Summary
ECG at a Glance
Contents.Preface.1 Introduction to the ECG.2 Strengths and Weaknesses of the ECG.Part 1 The Normal ECG.3 Basis of the ECG.4 The Normal P Wave.5 The Normal QRS Complex.6 The T and U Waves.Part 2 ECG Abnormalities.7 Abnormalities in the Shape of the P Wave - Left and Right Atrial Enlargement.8 Increased QRS Amplitude.9 Q Waves and Loss of R Wave Height.10 QRS Axis Deviation.11 Long PR Interval and QRS Broadening.12 Delta Waves.13 ST Elevation.14 ST Depression.15 Mild T Wave Flattening.16 Deep T Wave Inversion.17 QT Interval and U Wave Abnormalities.Part 3 Clinical Syndromes.18 Acute Chest Pain.19 Chronic Chest Pain.20 Acute Breathlessness.21 Chronic Breathlessness.22 Palpitations.23 Syncope.24 Hypertension.25 Shock.26 Stroke.27 Emotion and the ECG.28 Sudden Cardiac Death.Part 4 Diseases.29 Acute Coronary Syndromes.30 Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.31 ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction.32 Aortic Valve Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.33 Mitral Valve Disease.34 Cardiomyopathy and Myocarditis.35 Pulmonary Hypertension.36 Congenital Heart Disease.37 Endocrine Disease and Electrolyte Disruption.38 Psychological Disease and its Treatment.39 Genetic Pro-arrhythmic Conditions.Part 4 Tachyarrhythmias.40 Distinguishing Supraventricular From Ventricular Tachycardia.41 Narrow Complex Tachycardia.42 Atrial Ectopic Beats.43 Atrial Fibrillation.44 Atrial Flutter.45 Atrioventricular Nodal Re-entrant Tachycardia.46 Atrioventricular Re-entrant Tachycardia.47 Ventricular Ectopics.48 Non-sustained Ventricular Tachycardia.49 Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.50 Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia.51 Ventricular Fibrillation.Part 5 Bradyarrhythmias and Related Diseases.52 Sinus Node Disease.53 Left Bundle Branch Block.54 Right Bundle Branch Block.55 First Degree Atrioventricular Block - Long PR Interval.56 Second Degree Atrioventricular Block.57 Atrioventricular Block - Third Degree Heart Block.Part 6 Pacemakers.58 Pacemakers - Basic Principles.59 Anti-bradycardic Pacemakers.60 Anti-tachycardic and Heart Failure Devices.Part 6 ECG-based Investigations.61 External and Internal Loop Recorders.62 Tilt-table Test and Carotid Sinus Massage.63 Twenty-four Hour ECGs.64 The Exercise Stress Test.65 Invasive Electrophysiological Studies.Self-assessment Case Studies: Questions.Self-assessment Case Studies: Answers.Index
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