Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach

Ary L. Goldberger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2012 | 8th Revised edition
Saunders (Verlag)
978-0-323-08786-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Provides the fundamentals of ECG interpretation and analysis. This title presents ECGs as they are used in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and intensive care units - where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is only the starting point in patient care.

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Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 7th Edition goes beyond the simple waveform analysis to present ECGs as they are used in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and intensive care units-where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is only the starting point in patient care. With Dr. Goldberger's renowned ability to make complex material easy to understand, you'll quickly grasp the fundamentals of ECG interpretation and analysis.

Diagnose the key rhythm disorders that are relevant to today's clinical practice through expert pearls and advice.
Easily navigate the full text online at www.expertconsult.com, and broaden your mastery of the material with online-only self-assessment ECGs and review questions.



View clinical findings clearly with new illustrations and updated images throughout.
Expand your clinical insights via a wealth of clinical highlights and review questions online, including diagnosis and management tips, as well as extended coverage of difficult-to-classify rhythms.

Autor

Ary L. Goldberger, MD, FACC, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Inhalt

Part One: Basic Principles and Patterns

1.Introductory Principles


2.Basic ECG Waves


3.ECG Leads


4.The Normal ECG


5.Electrical Axis and Axis Deviation


6.Atrial and Ventricular Enlargement


7.Ventricular Conduction Disturbances -
Bundle Branch Blocks


8.Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction, Section I -
ST Segment Elevation Ischemia and Q Wave Infarct Patterns


9.Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction, Section II -
ST Segment Depression Ischemia and Non-Q Wave Infarct Patterns


10.Drug Effects, Electrolyte Abnormalities and Metabolic Factors


11.Pericardial, Myocardial, and Pulmonary Syndromes


12.Wolff-Parkinson-White Preexcitation Patterns



Part Two: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances

13.Sinus Rhythms


14.Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Section I -
Premature Atrial and AV Junctional Beats, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias,
and AV Junctional Rhythms


15.Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Section II -
Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation


16.Ventricular Arrhythmias


17.Atrioventricular (AV) Heart Block


18.Digitalis Toxicity


19.Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death


20.Bradycardias and Tachycardias: Review and Differential Diagnosis


21. Pacemakers an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Brief



Part Three: Overview and Review

22.How to Interpret an ECG


23. Limitations and Uses of the ECG


24.ECG Differential Diagnoses: Instant Reviews

Part Four: Self Assessment Problems

Questions


Answers to Self-Assessment Problems


Answers to Chapter Questions


Bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: Approx. 300 illustrations (300 in full color)
• Verlagsort: Philadelphia
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 191 x 235 mm
• Themenwelt: Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Innere Medizin ► Kardiologie / Angiologie
• ISBN-10: 0-323-08786-8 / 0323087868
• ISBN-13: 978-0-323-08786-5 / 9780323087865
• Zustand: Neuware