ECG from basics to essentials : step by step /

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Author / Creator:Stroobandt, R. (Roland), author.
Imprint:Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12751444
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Other authors / contributors:Barold, S. Serge, author.
Sinnaeve, Alfons F., author.
ISBN:9781119066422
1119066425
9781119066439
1119066433
9781119066446
1119066441
9781119066415
1119066417
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This brand new guide assists students, interns and residents in developing a functional understanding of the set-up, workings and interpretation of ECGs -Step-by-step graphics and short, bite-sized explanations -Covers all major cardiac abnormalities including hypertrophy, arrhythmias, conduction blocks, and pre-excitation syndromes -Begins with a section on physiology of the heart and the basic set up of ECG recording -Features top tips on what to look for, complete with illustrated examples -Supported by a companion website featuring additional practice tracings.
Other form:Print version: Stroobandt, R. (Roland). ECG from basics to essentials. Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2015 9781119066415
Publisher's no.:EB00666368 Recorded Books
Table of Contents:
  • Anatomy and basic physiology
  • ECG recording and ECG leads
  • The normal ECG and the frontal plane QRS axis
  • The components of the ECG waves and intervals
  • P waves and atrial abnormalities
  • Chamber enlargement and hypertrophy
  • Intraventricular conduction defects
  • Coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes
  • Acute pericarditis
  • The ECG in extracardiac disease
  • Sinus node dysfunction
  • Premature ventricular complexes (PVC)
  • Atrioventricular block
  • Atrial rhythm disorders
  • Ventricular tachycardias
  • Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular flutter
  • Preexcitation and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW)
  • Electrolyte abnormalities
  • Electrophysiologic concepts
  • Antiarrhythmic drugs
  • Pacemakers and their ECGs
  • Errors in electrocardiography monitoring, computerized ECG, other sites of ECG recording
  • How to read an ECG.