ECGs for beginners / Antoni Bayés de Luna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bayés de Luna, Antoni, 1936- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrocardiography.

Electrocardiography--methods.

Heart Diseases--diagnosis.

Medical Subjects:

Electrocardiography--methods.

Heart Diseases--diagnosis.

Physical Description:

x, 270 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, [2014]

Summary:

Mastery of ECG interpretation is achieved by a combination of pattern recognition and an understanding of how electricity moves through the heart, and how disruption of that movement manifests via ECG tracings. ECGs for Beginners, written by one of the world's most respected electrophysiologists with over 40 years' experience training clinicians, provides cardiology and eiectrophysiology trainees with an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to understanding and interpreting ECG readings in order to best manage their patients. All kinds of arrhythmias covered, as well as morphological abnormalities such as atrial and ventricular problems. Importantly, normal ECG readings are presented alongside abnormal readings, to best demonstrate how and why abnormalities occur and especially how important it is to interpret the ECG according to the clinical setting of each patient. ECGs for Beginners is an essential purchase for all cardiology and electrophysiology trainees, as well as being a handy refresher guide for the experienced physician. Highlights of the book: Over 250 high-quality ECG traces of both normal and abnormal conditions, Step-by-step practical guidance as to how best to interpret ECGs, including pitfalls, Key points and management algorithms distill essential information, Each chapter includes a self-assessment section allowing trainees to test their learning. Book jacket.

Contents:

Anatomical and electrophysiological bases

The ECG curve : what is it and how does it originate?

Recording devices and techniques

ECG interpretation

Atrial abnormalities

Ventricular enlargements

Ventricular blocks

Ventricular pre-excitation

Myocardial ischemia and necrosis

Concepts, classification, and mechanisms of arrhythmias

ECG patterns in supraventricular arrhythmias

ECG patterns in active ventricular arrhythmias

The ECG patterns of passive arrhythmias

The management of ECG tracings with arrhythmia

From symptom to the ECG : ECGs in the presence of precordial pain or other symptoms

The ECG in genetically induced heart diseases and other ECG patterns with poor prognosis

ECG recordings in other heart diseases and different situations

Abnormal ECG in a patient with normal history taking and physical exploration and normal ECG in presence of important heart diseases.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bayés de Luna, Antoni, 1936- author. ECGs for beginners

ISBN:

9781118821312

1118821319

OCLC:

875630003

Publisher Number:

99960036423