Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach

Ary L. Goldberger, MD, FACC, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Part One: Basic Principles and Patterns 1.Introductory Principles 2.Basic ECG Waves 3.ECG Leads 4.The Normal ECG 5.Electrical Axis and Axis Deviation 6.Atrial and Ventricular Enlargement 7.Ventricular Conduction Disturbances - Bundle Branch Blocks 8.Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction, Section I - ST Segment Elevation Ischemia and Q Wave Infarct Patterns 9.Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction, Section II - ST Segment Depression Ischemia and Non-Q Wave Infarct Patterns 10.Drug Effects, Electrolyte Abnormalities and Metabolic Factors 11.Pericardial, Myocardial, and Pulmonary Syndromes 12.Wolff-Parkinson-White Preexcitation Patterns Part Two: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances 13.Sinus Rhythms 14.Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Section I - Premature Atrial and AV Junctional Beats, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias, and AV Junctional Rhythms 15.Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Section II - Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation 16.Ventricular Arrhythmias 17.Atrioventricular (AV) Heart Block 18.Digitalis Toxicity 19.Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death 20.Bradycardias and Tachycardias: Review and Differential Diagnosis 21. Pacemakers an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: A Brief Part Three: Overview and Review 22.How to Interpret an ECG 23. Limitations and Uses of the ECG 24.ECG Differential Diagnoses: Instant Reviews Part Four: Self Assessment Problems Questions Answers to Self-Assessment Problems Answers to Chapter Questions Bibliography