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Comprehensive Electrocardiology

  • The only complete electrocardiography reference work

  • Takes the reader from research and the laboratory bench through to the management of patients at the bedside.

  • All current available knowledge on the application, uses and value of ECG

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Table of contents (50 entries)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Section 1: Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Coming of Age of Electrocardiology

      • Peter W. Macfarlane
      Pages 3-48
    3. Introductory Physics and Mathematics

      • R. Plonsey, A. van Oosterom
      Pages 49-101
  3. Section 2: Cardiac Electrophysiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
    2. Cellular Electrophysiology

      • A. Zaza, R. Wilders, T. Opthof
      Pages 105-144
    3. Activation of the Heart

      • M. J. Janse
      Pages 145-165
    4. Genesis of the Electrocardiogram

      • R. C. Barr, A. van Oosterom
      Pages 167-190
  4. Section 3: Mathematical Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
    2. Macroscopic Source Descriptions

      • A. van Oosterom
      Pages 193-225
    3. The Forward Problem of Electrocardiography

      • Rob MacLeod, Martin Buist
      Pages 247-298
    4. The Inverse Problem of Electrocardiography

      • Andrew J. Pullan, Leo K. Cheng, Martyn P. Nash, Alireza Ghodrati, Rob MacLeod, Dana H. Brooks
      Pages 299-344
  5. Section 4: Electrocardiographic Lead Systems and Recording Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 345-345
    2. Lead Theory

      • B. Milan Horáček
      Pages 347-374
    3. Lead Systems

      • Peter W. Macfarlane
      Pages 375-425
    4. ECG Instrumentation: Applicationand Design

      • S. M. Lobodzinski
      Pages 427-480
  6. Section 5: Clinical Electrocardiography

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 480-480
    2. The Normal Electrocardiogram and Vectorcardiogram

      • Peter W. Macfarlane, T. D. Veitch Lawrie
      Pages 483-546
    3. Conduction Defects

      • Fernando de Pádua, Armando Pereirinha, Nuno Marques, Mário G. Lopes, Peter W. Macfarlane
      Pages 547-604

About this book

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

    Peter W. Macfarlane

  • Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. van Oosterom

  • Lund University, Lund, Sweden

    Olle Pahlm

  • Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA

    Paul Kligfield

  • University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Michiel Janse

  • St. George's, University of London, London, UK

    John Camm

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Comprehensive Electrocardiology

  • Editors: Peter W. Macfarlane, A. van Oosterom, Olle Pahlm, Paul Kligfield, Michiel Janse, John Camm

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-046-3

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Reference Module Medicine

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London Ltd. 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-84882-045-6Published: 05 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-84882-046-3Published: 09 December 2010

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 2291

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Pergamon Press, UK, 1989

  • Topics: Cardiology, Human Physiology

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eBook USD 999.99
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