Author | Beasley, John Wagner. author |
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Title | Guide to Basic Electrocardiography [electronic resource] / by John Wagner Beasley, E. Wayne Grogan |
Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US, 1990 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0517-0 |
Descript | 179 p. online resource |
1. Introduction -- 2. A Way to Visualize the Electrocardiogram in Relation to the Heart -- 3. The Formal Reading of the Electrocardiogram -- The Description of the Electrocardiogram -- The Anatomy of the Normal Tracing -- The Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram -- 4. Indications for Performing an Electrocardiogram -- Screening -- Hypertension -- Coronary Artery Disease, Chest Pain, and Ischemia -- Pericarditis and Myocarditis -- Palpitations, Syncope, and Arrhythmias -- Valvular and Congenital Heart Disease -- 5. Abnormalities of Rhythm -- Supraventricular Arrhythmias -- Regular Supraventricular Rhythms -- Irregular Supraventricular Rhythms -- Regular Ventricular Rhythms -- Irregular Ventricular Rhythms -- Capture as a Cause of Ventricular Irregularity -- Distinguishing Ventricular from Supraventricular Arrhythmias -- Ventricular Rhythms and Atrioventricular Block -- 6. Abnormalities of Conduction (Exclusive of Second-and Third-Degree Atrioventricular Block) -- Abnormalities of the PโR Interval -- Abnormalities of the QRS Interval (Including Bundle Branch Blocks) -- Abnormalities of the QโT Interval -- 7. Abnormalities of the Electrical Axis -- Abnormalities of the P-Wave Axis -- Abnormalities of the QRS Axis -- Abnormalities of the T-Wave Axis -- 8. Abnormalities of the P Wave -- The Tall P Wave -- The Wide and/or Notched P Wave -- 9. Abnormalities of the QRS Complex -- Abnormally Low QRS Voltages -- Abnormally High QRS Voltages -- Ventricular Hypertrophy -- Normal and Abnormal Q and R Waves -- 10. Abnormalities of the ST Segment -- Elevated ST Segments -- Depressed ST Segments -- 11. Abnormalities of the T Wave and the U Wave -- The T Wave in Myocardial Infarction -- Tall T Waves -- Diphasic or Inverted T Waves -- Abnormalities of the U Wave -- 12. The Electrocardiogram in Childhood -- QRS Axis -- ST Segments -- T Waves -- References -- About the Authors