ECG Interpretation (eBook)

The Self-Assessment Approach

Zainul Abedin, Robert Conner (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2008
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-76574-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Accurate interpretation of the ECG is an essential skill for all health professionals. Using a unique self-assessment format, this book presents a comprehensive, incremental approach to ECG interpretation, progressing from basic to advanced concepts in electrocardiography. Amply illustrated with electrocardiograms both in the main text and the self-assessments, ECG Interpretation is a must-have practical guide that features:

• An appealing, user-friendly format that will help with exam preparation
• Clearly defined learning objectives to guide readers efficiently through the intricacies of ECG interpretation
• Numerous practical examples of ECG strips to illustrate important concepts, including clean ECG strips to practice skills
• Multiple-choice questions to consolidate learning and emphasize pertinent facts

This second edition has been thoroughly revised from the original 12-lead ECG Interpretation: The Self-Assessment Approach, with fully updated text, additional electrocardiograms and new chapters covering a variety of arrhythmias and ion channelopathies. The book is an essential aid to structured learning for electrophysiologists cardiologists in training, Internists, emergency room physicians, , medical students, nurses and. cardiac technicians.

Zainul Abedin, MD.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, TX
Adjunct Associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Texas at El Paso

Robert Conner, RN.
MA, USA

Inhalt

ECG Interpretation : The Self-Assessment Approach 1
Contents 7
1 Complexes and intervals 9
2 Mean QRS axis determination 15
3 The normal electrocardiogram 21
Self-Assessment Test One 25
4 Intraventricular conduction defects 31
5 Myocardial ischemia and infarction 41
Self-Assessment Test Two 51
6 Chamber enlargement and hypertrophy 61
7 Acute pericarditis 65
8 Sinus rhythm and its discontents 67
Self-Assessment Test Three 73
9 Atrioventricular block 87
10 Atrial arrhythmias 99
Self-Assessment Test Four 105
11 Supraventricular re-entrant tachycardia 127
12 The Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome 137
Self-Assessment Test Five 143
13 Junctional arrhythmias 169
14 Ventricular arrhythmias 173
15 The channelopathies 191
16 Electronic pacing 195
Self-Assessment Test Six 203
Further reading 227
Answers to self-assessment tests 229
Index 237

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.4.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Radiologie / Bildgebende Verfahren
• Schlagworte: Accurate • amply • Approach • BASIC • Concepts • ecg • electrocardiograms • Electrocardiography • electrophysiology • Elektrophysiologie • Essential • Health • Illustrated • incremental • Interpretation • Main • Medical Science • Medizin • Professionals • progressing • Radiologie u. Bildgebende Verfahren • Radiology & Imaging • selfassessment format • selfassessments • Skill • Unique
• ISBN-10: 0-470-76574-7 / 0470765747
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-76574-6 / 9780470765746