The ECG workbook / Angela Rowlands, Andrew Sargent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rowlands, Angela.

Contributor:

Sargent, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrocardiography.

Electrocardiography--Interpretation--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis.

Heart.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cumbria [England] : M&K, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many books on ECG interpretation use simulated ECG tracings. Most of the traces that you find in this book are from real people and of the quality that you will be expected to interpret from in practice. The second edition of worldwide popular 'The ECG Workbook' continues with a straightforward, systematic approach to ECG interpretation and includes:-TWO NEW chapters Common Arrhythmias explains five of the most common types of arrhythmia: Atrial Fibrillation, Atrial Flutter, Ventricular Tachycardia, Supraventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation, and a whole chapter is devoted to Ect

Contents:

Cover; Prelims; Contents; Preface; About the authors; Chapter 1 Recording a readable electrocardiogram (ECG); Chapter 2 The electrical conducting system of the heart; Chapter 3 A systematic approach to rhythm strip analysis; Chapter 4 Heart blocks; Chapter 5 Common arrhythmias; Chapter 6 Ectopics and extrasystoles; Chapter 7 The 12 lead ECG; Chapter 8 Axis deviation; Chapter 9 Ischaemia, injury and necrosis; Chapter 10 Sites of infarction; Chapter 11 Bundle branch blocks; Chapter 12 Chamber enlargement; Chapter 13 A systematic approach to ECG interpretation; Answers to activities; References

GlossaryIndex

Notes:

Previous edition: 2008.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613164490

9781283164498

1283164493

9781907830778

1907830774

OCLC:

780250162