Main description:

A reader-friendly, how-to guide for reading EKGs - from basic to advanced
EKG Core Curriculum is a basic, easy-to-understand introduction to interpreting EKGs. Written by a physician who is experienced in teaching EKG classes to students and residents, the book begins with basic concepts and progresses to more advanced lessons. Unlike competitive titles, this unique learning tool features fresh new approach to teaching EKGs, references for further reading, clinical vignettes, clinical tips, ladder diagrams, and self-tests at the end of each chapter.
*Diagnostic Criteria appendix not found anywhere else*The author has taught the basics of EKGs for more than thirty years*Uses the popular "vector approach" to teaching

Contents:

I: Background material/Getting started

How to use this book

History

Anatomy and physiology

Electrophysiology

Introduction to the EKG

II: The cardiac rhythms

Introduction to laddergrams

Mechanisms of arrhythmias

Sinus rhythms

Premature complexes and aberrancy

Conduction abnormalities and heart block

Supraventricular arrhythmias

Ventricular arrhythmias

III: Chamber enlargement

Atrial

Ventricular

IV: Myocardial ischemia, infarction and pericarditis

V: Preexcitation

VI: Pacemaker interpretation

VII: Miscellaneous conditions

Electrolyte imbalance

Drug effects

QT prolongation

Hypothermia

VIII: A Step-by-Step Method of Interpretation

IX: Final exams

X: Supplementary materials

Diagnostic criteria

Glossary

Index