The ECG Made Easy E-Book: The ECG Made Easy E-BookFor over forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into more than a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient's history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns. - A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject. - Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms. - Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings. - The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity. - A new opening chapter entitled 'The ECG made very easy' distils the bare essentials of using an ECG in clinical practice with minimal theory and maximum practicality. - The second part explains the theory underpinning the recording of an ECG in order to start basic interpretation of the 12 leads. - The third part looks at the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs in patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations and syncope as well as understanding the normal variations in ECGs recorded from healthy subjects. |
Contents
| 1 | |
the fundamentals of ECG recording reporting and interpretation | 15 |
the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs | 101 |
4 Now test yourself | 163 |
| 185 | |
Quick Reminder Guide | 191 |
Glossary | 195 |
Inside Back Cover | 197 |
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The ECG Made Easy E-Book: The ECG Made Easy E-Book John Hampton,Joanna Hampton,David Adlam Limited preview - 2024 |
Common terms and phrases
12-lead ECG 7th edition atrial fibrillation atrial flutter atrial hypertrophy atrium AV node bundle branch block causes chest leads chest pain complete heart block deep S wave deflection degree heart block depolarization depolarization wave diagnosis digoxin disease dominant R wave ECG Made Practical ECG pattern ECG recorders ECG shows electrical activity electrodes extrasystole heart rate inversion in leads inverted T waves ischaemia LBBB lead V1 Left axis deviation left bundle branch left ventricle left ventricular hypertrophy Normal axis Normal ECG Normal QRS complexes pacemaker patient pattern in lead predominantly downward pulmonary embolism QRS complex duration QT interval RBBB rhythm strip Right axis deviation right bundle branch right ventricle right ventricular hypertrophy SA node Second degree heart sinoatrial node sinus beats Sinus rhythm ST segment depression ST segment elevation STEMI V₁ ventricular extrasystoles ventricular muscle ventricular tachycardia VF V3 VL V2 V5 wave in lead wave inversion waves Fig wide QRS complex


