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| Getting Started | |
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| The Basics | |
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| Electricity and the Heart | |
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| The Cells of the Heart | |
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| Time and Voltage | |
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| P Waves, QRS Complexes, T Waves, and Some Straight Lines | |
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| Naming the Straight Lines | |
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| Summary: The Waves and Straight Lines of the EKG | |
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| Making Waves | |
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| The 12 Views of the Heart | |
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| A Word About Vectors | |
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| The Normal 12-Lead EKG | |
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| Summary: Orientation of the Waves of the Normal EKG | |
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| Coming Attractions | |
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| Hypertrophy And Enlargement Of The Heart | |
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| Definitions | |
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| Axis | |
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| Summary: Axis | |
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| Axis Deviation, Hypertrophy, and Enlargement | |
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| Atrial Enlargement | |
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| Summary: Atrial Enlargement | |
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| Ventricular Hypertrophy | |
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| Secondary Repolarization Abnormalities of Ventricular Hypertrophy | |
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| Summary: Ventricular Hypertrophy | |
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| Arrhythmias | |
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| The Clinical Manifestations of Arrhythmias | |
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| Why Arrhythmias Happen | |
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| Rhythm Strips | |
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| How to Determine the Heart Rate from the EKG | |
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| The Five Basic Types of Arrhythmias | |
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| Arrhythmias of Sinus Origin | |
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| Ectopic Rhythms | |
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| Reentrant Rhythms | |
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| The Four Questions | |
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| Supraventricular Arrhythmias | |
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| Summary: Supraventricular Arrhythmias | |
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| Ventricular Arrhythmias | |
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| Summary: Ventricular Arrhythmias | |
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| Summary: Rules of Malignancy for PVCs | |
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| Supraventricular Versus Ventricular Arrhythmias | |
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| Summary: Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Versus Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT) with Aberrancy | |
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| Programmed Electrical Stimulation | |
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| Implantable Defibrillators | |
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| External Defibrillators | |
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| Conduction Blocks | |
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| What Is a Conduction Block? | |
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| AV Blocks | |
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| Summary: AV Blocks | |
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| Bundle Branch Block | |
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| Summary: Bundle Branch Block | |
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| Hemiblocks | |
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| Summary: Criteria for Hemiblock | |
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| Combining Right Bundle Branch Block and Hemiblocks | |
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| Summary: Criteria for Bifascicular Block | |
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| Blocks That Underachieve | |
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| The Ultimate in Playing With Blocks: Combining AV Blocks, Right Bundle Branch Block, and Hemiblocks | |
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| Pacemakers | |
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| Preexcitation Syndromes | |
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| What Is Preexcitation? | |
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| Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome | |
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| Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome | |
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| Associated Arrhythmias | |
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| Summary: Preexcitation | |
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| Myocardial Ischemia And Infarction | |
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| What Is a Myocardial Infarction? | |
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| How To Diagnose a Myocardial Infarction | |
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| Summary: The EKG Changes of an Evolving Myocardial Infarction | |
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| Localizing the Infarct | |
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| Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarctions | |
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| Angina | |
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| Summary: The ST Segment in Ischemic Cardiac Disease | |
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| Limitations of the EKG in Diagnosing an Infarction | |
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| Stress Testing | |
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| Finishing Touches | |
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| Electrolyte Disturbances | |
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| Hypothermia | |
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| Drugs | |
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| Other Cardiac Disorders | |
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| Pulmonary Disorders | |
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| Central Nervous System Disease | |
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| The Athlete's Heart | |
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| Summary: Miscellaneous Conditions | |
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| Putting It All Together | |
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| The 11-Step Method for Reading EKGs | |
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| Review Charts | |
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| How Do You Get To Carnegie Hall? (Practice, Practice, Practice!) | |
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| Practice EKG Strips | |
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| Subject Index | |