The Guide to Electrocardiography fills a gap between the EKG atlas and textbooks based on electrophysiology. Starting with the relevant anatomical information, the book provides instructive EKG lead diagrams and clear schematic drawings that will help familiarize the reader with characteristic EKG patterns and electrophysiologic principles. Electrocardiographic phenomena and the electrophysiologic events that underlie them are linked to practical implications for clinical diagnosis and treatment, providing the reader with a competent guide for navigating the sometimes difficult depths and shoals of accurate EKG interpretation.
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Table of contents 1 The human heart Basic anatomy Anatomy of the conduction system in overview The sinus node The compact AV node The bundle of His The bundle branches The slow pathway region The fast pathway region The isthmus region 2 The conduction diagrams Basic concepts Impulse formation in the sinus node Depolarisation of the atria (P wave) Conduction at the AV node Depolarisation of the ventricles Further explanations 3 Cardiac rhythm disorders and conduction disorder Sinus arrhythmias AV conduction disorders Right bundle branch block Left bundle branch block Mixed types of block Supraventricular extrasystole Atrial tachycardia Atypical atrial flutter Typical atrial flutter Atrial fibrillation Reentry tachycardia Ventricular extrasystole Ventricular tachycardia Ventricular flutter Ventricular fibrillation 4 Coronary heart disease Coronary anatomy Stress-induced ischaemia in coronary artery disease Acute coronary syndrome Acute myocardial infarction Resting ischaemia post infarction Stress-induced ischaemia post infarction 5 Other ECG changes Left ventricular hypertrophy Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy Mitral valve prolapse syndrome Peri- and myocarditis Right ventricular hypertrophy Acute pulmonary embolism Dextrocardia Right ventricular arrhythmogenic dysplasia Brugada syndrome QT syndrome Medication related ECG changes ECG changes with electrolyte shifts P wave changes Literature Index
