128 Pages 100 Color Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The authors aim to provide a comprehensive review of ECG interpretation in a case presentation format. The book begins with the basic principles of electrocardiography and provides comprehensive tables listing differential diagnoses of all the major ECG abnormalities. The 50 cases illustrated by large format ECG traces in colour have been chosen to cover a wide range of clinical scenarios in cardiology and more general medical practice. Precise answers and detailed discussion follow each question. Important areas each covered by a variety of cases include pacemakers, arrhythmias and myocardial infarction. There are also cases of rarer conditions, and those that illustrate possible important pitfalls in routine clinical practice.

    This book takes a practical, thought provoking approach. It is a valuable resource for doctors, nurses, technicians and students wishing to extend or reinforce their knowledge of ECG interpretation, and in preparation for examinations.

    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