1st Edition
Rapid Review of ECG Interpretation
Preface
Abbreviations
Principles of electrocardiography
Explaining the terminology
The electrodes
The leads
The P-QRS-T complex
Action potential
The cardiac conducting system
Components of the P-QRS-T complex
The lead ECG
Limb leads
Chest (precordial) leads
Comprehensive assessment of the ECG
Rate
Calculating the heart rate
Rhythm
The cardiac axis
The AP axis
Calculating the QRS axis
Axis deviation around the vertical axis
The P wave
The PR interval
The Q (q) wave
The QRS complex
The ST segment
ST segment elevation
ST segment depression
The T wave
The U wave
The QT interval
Cases
Classification of cases
Index
Biography
Tariq Azeem, Michael Vassallo, Nilesh Samani
...attractively printed and laid out…the real strength is the series of 50 case histories all illustrated with several ECG examples…to be recommended to anyone who would like to consolidate their practical and theoretical knowledge of ECG interpretation.
—British Journal of Hospital Medicine
