{"product_id":"ecgs-for-beginners-isbn-9781118821312","title":"ECGs for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003eMastery of ECG interpretation is achieved not only by pattern recognition, but equally importantly, by a clear, practical understanding of how electricity moves through the heart and how disruption of that movement manifests itself via ECG tracings. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ECGs for Beginners, written by one of the world's most respected electrophysiologists with over 40 years experience of training clinicians, will provide cardiology and electrophysiology trainees with an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to the topic, thus enabling them to both understand and interpret ECG readings in order to to best manage their patients.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Packed with over 250 high-quality ECG tracings, as well as management algorithms and key points throughout, every chapter also contains self-assessment questions, allowing the reader to test themselves on what they've just learnt.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e All kinds of arrhythmias will be covered, as well as morphological abnormalities such as atrial and ventricular problems.  Importantly, normal ECG readings will be presented alongside abnormal readings, to best demonstrate how and why abnormalities occur.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ECGs for Beginners is an essential purchase for all cardiology and electrophysiology trainees, as well as being a handy refresher guide for the experienced physician.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForewords to Previous Editions ix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword x\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Normal Electrocardiogram 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Anatomical and Electrophysiological Bases 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The ECG Curve: What Is It and How Does It Originate? 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Recording Devices and Techniques 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 ECG Interpretation 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Morphological Abnormalities in the ECG 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Atrial Abnormalities 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ventricular Enlargements 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Ventricular Blocks 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ventricular Preexcitation 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Myocardial Ischemia and Necrosis 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: The ECG in Arrhythmias 161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Concepts Classification and Mechanisms of Arrhythmias 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 ECG Patterns of Supraventricular Arrhythmias 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 ECG Patterns of Ventricular Arrhythmias 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 The ECG Patterns of Passive Arrhythmias 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 How to Interpret ECG Tracings with Arrhythmia 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: ECG in Clinical Practice 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 From Symptoms to the ECG: ECGs in the presence of precordial pain or other symptoms 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The ECG in Genetically Induced Heart Diseases and Other ECG Patterns with Poor Prognosis 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 ECG Recordings in Other Heart Diseases and Different Situations 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Abnormal ECG Without Apparent Heart Disease and Normal ECG in Serious Heart Disease 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBibliography 262\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex 267\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eAntoni Bayés de Luna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona\u003cbr\u003e Senior Investigator, Institut Català Ciències Cardiovasculars, Hospital Sant Pau\u003cbr\u003e Senior Consultant, Hospital Quiron, Barcelona, Spain  \u003cp\u003eMastery of ECG interpretation is achieved by a combination of pattern recognition and an understanding of how electricity moves through the heart, and how disruption of that movement manifests via ECG tracings.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eECGs for Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e, written by one of the world’s most respected electrophysiologists with over 40 years’ experience training clinicians, provides cardiology and electrophysiology trainees with an easy to follow, step-by-step guide to understanding and interpreting ECG readings in order to best manage their patients.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAll kinds of arrhythmias covered, as well as morphological abnormalities such as atrial and ventricular problems. 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