The field of electrocardiogram (ECG)interpretation has developed extensively over the past century, and it is still a hugely influential diagnostic test that is critical for further diagnostic procedures, especially therapeutic interventions. However, not every physician and student of medicine is aware of the important theoretic basics of electrocardiology, from the important difference between the heart muscle fiber and the conduction fiber (explaining the capacity of acting as impulse generator) to the left ventricular vectors also in their simplified form and to the different grades of ischemia. Moreover the calculation of the frontal QRS-Axis (AQRSF) is provided. The author thus provides the reader with a solid grounding in the basics of electrocardiography in this highly practical and structured reference work.
Appropriate for all students of medicine, Fellows in internal medicine, cardiology, and any discipline requiring an in-depth knowledge of the functioning of the heart, this book represents a lifetime's involvement with invasive and non-invasive cardiology by one of Switzerland's leading cardiologists. Numerous ECGs and drawings illustrate the text. Ease of reference is facilitated by the concentration on practical information that does not overwhelm the reader with exhaustive detail.
Author(s): Marc Gertsch MD (auth.)
Series: Marc Gertsch
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 339
Tags: Cardiology; Internal Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Primary Care Medicine
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Some Theoretic Aspects....Pages 1-9
Practical Approach....Pages 11-15
The Normal Electrocardiogram and Its (Normal) Variants....Pages 17-36
Atrial Enlargement and Other Abnormalities of the p Wave....Pages 37-44
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy....Pages 45-58
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy....Pages 59-66
Biventricular Hypertrophy....Pages 67-68
Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 69-77
Fascicular Blocks....Pages 79-86
Complete and Incomplete Bundle-Branch Blocks....Pages 87-95
Bilateral Bifasciular Blocks....Pages 97-105
Atrioventricular Block and Atrioventricular Dissociation....Pages 107-118
Myocardial Infarction....Pages 119-156
Differential Diagnosis of Pathologic Q Waves....Pages 157-166
Acute and Chronic Pericarditis....Pages 167-176
Electrolyte Imbalance and Disturbances....Pages 177-189
Alterations of Repolarization....Pages 191-196
Atrial Premature Beats....Pages 197-200
Atrial Tachycardias....Pages 201-209
Atrial Flutter....Pages 211-222
Atrial Fibrillation....Pages 223-230
Sick Sinus and Carotis Sinus Syndromes....Pages 231-237
Atrioventricular Junctional Tachycardias....Pages 239-247
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome....Pages 249-265
Ventricular Premature Beats....Pages 267-276
Ventricular Tachycardia....Pages 277-293
Pacemaker Electrocardiogram....Pages 295-308
Congenital and Acquired-Valvular Heart Diseases....Pages 309-320
Digitalis Intoxication....Pages 321-323
Back Matter....Pages 325-339
