ECG Interpretation: From Pathophysiology to Clinical Application

• Main Author: Kusumoto, Fred M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cardiology.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88880-4

Over the last decade, there has been a tremendous improvement in our understanding of basic cardiac electrophysiology. Most introductory electrocardiogram (ECG) books teach via pattern recognition and do not incorporate new pathophysiologic information. There is a great need for a simple book that t...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to cardiac anatomy and electrophysiology
• Introduction to the physics of electrocardiography and the correlation between eletrophysiology and electrocardiography
• The Normal ECG
• Chamber enlargement
• Conduction disturbances (His Purkinje tissue)
• Coronary artery disease
• Miscellaneous patterns
• Bradyarrhythmias
• Premature beats
• Classification of Tachycardias
• Wide complex tachyarrhythmias
• Pacemakers
• How to analyze an ECG
• Differential diagnosis of specific electrocardiographic patterns
• Case studies
• Index.