ECGs for Beginners

Mastery of ECG interpretation is achieved not only by pattern recognition, but equally importantly, by a clear, practical understanding of how electricity moves through the heart and how disruption of that movement manifests itself via ECG tracings. ECGs for Beginners, written by one of the world's most respected electrophysiologists with over 40 years experience of training clinicians, will provide cardiology and electrophysiology trainees with an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to the topic, thus enabling them to both understand and interpret ECG readings in order to to best manage their patients. Packed with over 250 high-quality ECG tracings, as well as management algorithms and key points throughout, every chapter also contains self-assessment questions, allowing the reader to test themselves on what they've just learnt. All kinds of arrhythmias will be covered, as well as morphological abnormalities such as atrial and ventricular problems. Importantly, normal ECG readings will be presented alongside abnormal readings, to best demonstrate how and why abnormalities occur. ECGs for Beginners is an essential purchase for all cardiology and electrophysiology trainees, as well as being a handy refresher guide for the experienced physician.

Mastery of ECG interpretation is achieved not only bypattern recognition, but equally importantly, by a clearpractical understanding of how electricity moves through the heartand how disruption of that movement manifests itself via ECGtracings.ECGs for Beginners, written by one of the world's mostrespected electrophysiologists with over 40 years experience oftraining clinicians, will provide cardiology and electrophysiologytrainees with an easy to follow, step-by-step guideto the topic, thus enabling them to both understand andinterpret ECG readings in order to to best manage theirpatients.Packed with over 250 high-quality ECG tracings, as well asmanagement algorithms and key points throughout, every chapteralso contains self-assessment questions, allowing the reader totest themselves on what they've just learnt.All kinds of arrhythmias will be covered, as well asmorphological abnormalities such as atrial andventricular problems. Importantly, normal ECG readings willbe presented alongside abnormal readings, to bestdemonstrate how and why abnormalities occur.ECGs for Beginners is an essential purchase for all cardiologyand electrophysiology trainees, as well as being a handyrefresher guide for the experienced physician.

Preface viiForewords to Previous Editions ixForeword xPart I: The Normal Electrocardiogram 11 Anatomical and Electrophysiological Bases 32 The ECG Curve: What Is It and How Does It Originate? 113 Recording Devices and Techniques 334 ECG Interpretation 40Part II: Morphological Abnormalities in the ECG 595 Atrial Abnormalities 616 Ventricular Enlargements 687 Ventricular Blocks 848 Ventricular Preexcitation 1029 Myocardial Ischemia and Necrosis 111Part III: The ECG in Arrhythmias 16110 Concepts Classification and Mechanisms of Arrhythmias 16311 ECG Patterns of Supraventricular Arrhythmias 17912 ECG Patterns of Ventricular Arrhythmias 19313 The ECG Patterns of Passive Arrhythmias 20814 How to Interpret ECG Tracings with Arrhythmia 217Part IV: ECG in Clinical Practice 22115 From Symptoms to the ECG: ECGs in the presence of precordial pain or other symptoms 22316 The ECG in Genetically Induced Heart Diseases and Other ECG Patterns with Poor Prognosis 23117 ECG Recordings in Other Heart Diseases and Different Situations 24618 Abnormal ECG Without Apparent Heart Disease and Normal ECG in Serious Heart Disease 258Bibliography 262Index 267