Text Atlas of Practical Electrocardiography : A Basic Guide to ECG Interpretation.

Intro -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Contents -- 1: General Principles of Anatomy and Cellular Electrophysiology -- An Anatomical Overview of the Excitation-Conduction System of the Heart -- The Physiology of Impulse Formation and Conduction -- 2: The Electrocardiographic Leads -- The Bipolar Limb Leads -- The Augmented ``Unipolar´´ Limb Leads -- The Unipolar Precordial Leads -- 3: The Normal Electrocardiogram -- The P Wave -- The PR Interval -- The QRS Complex -- The J Point -- The T Wave -- The ST Segment -- The QT Interval -- The TQ Interval -- The Electrical Axis -- Interpreting the ECG -- 4: Electrical Bases of the Arrhythmias -- 5: The Bradyarrhythmias -- Introduction -- Classification and Electrocardiographic Characteristics -- Arrhythmias Caused by Abnormal Impulse Formation -- Sinus Bradycardia -- Sinoatrial Blocks and Sinus Arrest -- Wandering Pacemaker -- Junctional Rhythm -- Conduction Disorders -- First-Degree Atrioventricular Block -- Second-Degree Atrioventricular Block -- Third-Degree Atrioventricular Block -- Specific Clinical Pictures -- Sinus Node Disease -- The Carotid Sinus Syndrome -- 6: The Tachyarrhythmias -- Introduction -- Ectopic Beats (Extrasystoles) -- Supraventricular Ectopic Beats -- Ventricular Ectopic Beats -- The Supraventricular Tachyarrhythmias -- Sinus Tachycardia -- Atrial Tachycardia -- Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia -- Atrial Fibrillation -- Atrial Flutter -- Supraventricular Tachycardia -- Short-RP Tachycardias -- Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia (AVNRT) -- Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia (AVRT) -- Long-RP Tachycardias -- Junctional Tachycardia -- Differential Diagnosis of the Narrow-QRS-Complex Tachycardias -- The Ventricular Arrhythmias -- Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia -- Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia -- Ventricular Fibrillation.

7: The Electrocardiogram in Wolff-ParkinsonWhite Syndrome -- Introduction -- Atrial Fibrillation and Ventricular Preexcitation -- Preexcitation and Acute Myocardial Infarction -- 8: Bundle-Branch Blocks and Fascicular Blocks -- Intraventricular Conduction Delays: General Principles -- Right Bundle-Branch Block -- Left Bundle-Branch Block -- Fascicular Blocks (or Hemiblocks) -- Left Anterior Fascicular Block -- Left Posterior Fascicular Block -- Bifascicular Blocks -- 9: Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmias -- The Long QT Syndrome -- The Short-QT Syndrome -- The Brugada Syndrome -- 10: The Electrocardiogram in Patients with Cardiac Pacemakers -- General Considerations -- Normal Pacemaker Function -- Pacemaker Malfunction -- Failure to Pace -- Failure to Capture -- Undersensing -- Oversensing -- Pseudomalfunction -- 11: The Electrocardiogram in Ischemic Heart Disease -- General Considerations -- Clinical and Electrocardiographic Pictures -- Stable Angina Pectoris -- Unstable Angina -- Myocardial Infarctions -- Non-ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction -- Complications of Infarction: ECG Findings -- The Electrocardiogram During Coronary Angioplasty Procedures -- 12: Cardiac Chamber Hypertrophy -- Atrial Abnormalities -- General Considerations -- Right Atrial Abnormality -- Left Atrial Abnormality -- Combined Right- and Left-Atrial Abnormality -- Ventricular Hypertrophy -- General Considerations -- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy -- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy -- 13: The Electrocardiogram in Diseases of the Pericardium and Myocardium -- Acute Pericarditis -- Myocardial Diseases -- 14: The Electrocardiogram in Disorders of the Pulmonary Circulation -- Acute Cor Pulmonale-Pulmonary Embolism -- Chronic Cor Pulmonale -- 15: Electrocardiographic Changes Caused by Drugs and Electrolyte Abnormalities -- Drug-Induced Changes.

Changes Associated with Electrolyte Abnormalities -- Brief Bibliography.

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