McGraw-Hill's Pocket Guide to ECGs

Name: McGraw-Hill's Pocket Guide to ECGs
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ISBN: 9780074710685

ISBN-10: 0074710680

ISBN-13: 9780074710685

Edition: 2001

Authors: Duncan Guy

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This practical guide explains how to interpret normal and common abnormal ECGs for medical students, hospital residents, nursing staff and general practitioners. The book adopts a systematic, analytical approach that is easy to understand and simple to use, drawing on a plethora of illustrated ECGs to enhance the text. The book is divided into three parts:a brief guide to normal ECGs and the book's approacha systematic description of common abnormalitiesa reference summary of common abnormal ECGs

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 12/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 152
Size: 4.25" wide x 8.75" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English

Introduction	p. v
Acknowledgements	p. vi
About the author	p. vi
The normal ECG	p. 1
ECG standard conventions	p. 2
Recording lead positions	p. 10
Steps in interpretation of an ECG and normal values	p. 16
Common abnormalities	p. 35
Heart rate	p. 36
Rhythm	p. 37
P waves	p. 55
PR interval	p. 57
QRS complex duration prolonged	p. 66
ST segments abnormal	p. 77
ST segment depression	p. 82
T waves abnormal	p. 86
QT interval abnormal	p. 86
Diagnostic features of common disorders (a quick reference)	p. 91
Atrial fibrillation	p. 92
Atrial flutter	p. 94
Atrial ectopics	p. 96
Ventricular ectopics	p. 98
Bigeminy	p. 98
Ventricular tachycardia	p. 100
Supraventricular tachycardia	p. 102
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome	p. 104
Junctional rhythm	p. 106
Left bundle branch block (LBBB)	p. 108
Right bundle branch block (RBBB)	p. 110
Right bundle branch block (partial)	p. 112
Left anterior fascicular (hemi) block	p. 114
Left posterior fascicular (hemi) block	p. 116
Acute anterior myocardial infarction	p. 118
Acute anterolateral myocardial infarction	p. 120
Acute inferior myocardial infarction	p. 122
Acute posterior myocardial infarction	p. 124
Old myocardial infarction	p. 126
Myocardial ischaemia	p. 128
First-degree atrioventricular block	p. 130
Second-degree atrioventricular block (Mobitz type 1, Wenckebach phenomenon)	p. 132
Second-degree atrioventricular block (Mobitz type 2)	p. 134
Third-degree atrioventricular block (complete heart block)	p. 136
Right ventricular hypertrophy	p. 138
Left ventricular hypertrophy	p. 140
Pericarditis	p. 142
Pericardial effusion	p. 144
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