Main description:

Basic and Bedside Electrocardiography is the first book to integrate the basics of ECG interpretation with the most recent clinical guidelines for treating patients with ECG abnormalities. Each concise, bulleted chapter discusses a disease state, gives many tracings as examples, provides clear illustrations of pathophysiology, and offers guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of specific entities.

More than 600 illustrations aid readers in recognizing commonly encountered ECG abnormalities. Diagrammatic illustrations at the end of most chapters summarize the different ECG abnormalities discussed, to help readers recognize the different arrhythmias more easily. An appendix provides quick-reference information on commonly used intravenous agents.

Contents:

Basic Anatomy and Electrophysiology

Basic Electrocardiography

The Lead System

The Electrical Axis and Cardiac Rotation

Heart Rate and Voltage

Depolarization and Repolarization

Chamber Enlargement and Hypertrophy

Atrioventricular Block

IV Conduction Defect: Fascicular Block

IV Conduction Defect: Bundle Branch Block

IV Conduction Defect: Trifascicular Block

Sinus Node Dysfunction

Premature Supraventricular Complexes

Sinus Tachycardia

SVT Introduction

SVT due to Reentry

SVT due to Altered Automaticity

Atrial Flutter

Atrial Fibrillation

Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

Ventricular Arrhythmias

Wide Complex Tachycardia

Acute Coronary Syndrome: ST Elevation MI

Acute Coronary Syndrome: Non-ST Elevation MI

Electrolyte Abnormalities

The ECG of Cardiac Pacemakers

Appendix : Commonly Used IV Cardiovascular Medications