New Concepts in ECG Interpretation

Prof. Alessandro Capucci is Director of the Cardiology Clinic at Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy. He began his career at the Institute of Cardiology, Bologna University where he later became chief of Electrophysiology. From 1982 to 1984 he worked at the Electrophysiological Laboratory of Amsterdam University and subsequently became director of the Institute of Cardiology at Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital in Piacenza, before switching to Ancona as a full professor of Cardiology; he also is the director of the Residency School of Cardiology,He founded the first European Out of Hospital early defibrillation project (Progetto Vita) in Piacenza, Italy. Prof. Capucci has published over 1000 scientific papers.

1 The P wave and PR study: how they may help during sinus rhythm in defining pathology.- 2  Forseeing future arrhythmic events.- 3 Interpreting correctly some clinical findings ( syncope etc).- 4 Evaluation during Tachycardias : where to choose and how may be a diagnostic great help.- 5 The value of PR , blocked P waves in interpreting supra or subhisian site of blocks.- 6 QRS analysis in the diagnosis of aberrant conduction: new insights.- 7 QRS analysis during sinus rhythm for clinical practice purposes.- 8 Ecg interpretation of the supraventricular arrhythmias diagnosis.- 9 The repolarization patterns mimicking acute ischemia and uncorrectly leading to hospitalization, coronaroarteriography and faulse diagnosis of ischemic heart disease.- 10 Pitfalls and errors in the monitorings systems: how is the most correct interpretation.- 11 Some critical traces coming from normal pts 10) Some critical traces coming from non cardiological pts.- 12 Final considerations.

"This is a detailed guide to understanding important ECG cases and the appropriate approach to each ECG interpretation.The book has many useful figures and it provides many references at the end of each chapter." (Mohanad Hasan, Doody's Book Reviews, April 26, 2019)