What’s New in Electrocardiography

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Prognostic Significance of the Electrocardiogram in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease

   • Z. Juma, A. Castellanos, R. J. Myerburg

   Pages 1-22

3. Correlation between Electrocardiographic and Scintigraphic Findings in Myocardial Infarction

   • P. Rigo, J.-P. Smeets, V. Legrand, C. Rigo-Betz, H. E. Kulbertus

   Pages 23-36

4. Assessment of the Value of Electrocardiographic Signs for Myocardial Infarction in Left Bundle Branch Block

   • F. J. Th. Wackers, K. I. Lie, G. David, R. M. Koster, H. J. J. Wellens

   Pages 37-57

5. Electrocardiographic Diagnostic Dilemmas in Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction

   • W. J. Mandel, C. T. Peter, I. Hoffman

   Pages 58-78

6. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction in Pacemaker Patients

   • B. Dodinot, L. Kubler, J. P. Godenir

   Pages 79-90

7. Relation between Exercise Electrocardiogram and Extent of Coronary Artery Disease

   • J.-M. R. Detry, J. A. Melin

   Pages 91-101

8. Prognostic Value of Limited Exercise Testing before Hospital Discharge Following Myocardial Infarction

   • D. D. Waters, P. Théroux

   Pages 102-110

9. Approach to the Patient with Bundle Branch Block

   • D. L. Ross

   Pages 111-130

10. The Value of the Electrocardiogram in Diagnosing Site of Origin and Mechanism of Supraventricular Tachycardia

    • J. Farré, H. J. J. Wellens

    Pages 131-171

11. The Short PR Interval

    • B. M. Kennelly

    Pages 172-183

12. The Differentiation between Ventricular Tachycardia and Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberrant Conduction: The Value of the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram

    • H. J. J. Wellens, F. W. Bär, E. J. Vanagt, P. Brugada, J. Farré

    Pages 184-199

13. Relation between Site of Origin and QRS Configuration in Ventricular Rhythms

    • M. E. Josephson, H. L. Waxman, F. E. Marchlinski, L. N. Horowitz, S. R. Spielman

    Pages 200-228

14. Torsade De Pointes

    • P. Touboul

    Pages 229-235

15. Electrocardiographic Diagnosis of Pacemaker Malfunction

    • S. S. Barold, M. D. Falkoff, L. S. Ong, R. A. Heinle

    Pages 236-299

16. Electrocardiographic Changes Occurring with Advancing Age

    • H. E. Kulbertus, F. De Leval-Rutten, A. Albert, M. Dubois, J.-M. Petit

    Pages 300-314

17. The Electrocardiogram in Digitalis Intoxication

    • E. J. Vanagt, H. J. J. Wellens

    Pages 315-343

18. Holter Monitoring and Cardiac Rhythm

    • M. D. Rosengarten, J. F. Leclercq, P. Attuel, Ph. Coumel

    Pages 344-365

19. The Electrocardiogram in Pulmonary Embolism

    • P. Brugada, A. P. Gorgels, H. J. J. Wellens

    Pages 366-380

20. Back Matter

    Pages 381-384

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The saying, "What one does not know, one does not recognize", applies to the interpretation of the electrocardiogram. Recently a wealth of new information on the electrocardiogram has become avail­ able by correlating electrocardiographic findings with information from new techniques such as His bundle recordings, programmed stimulation of the heart, 24-hour record­ ing~, and cardiac scintigraphy. Also, our knowledge about the electrocardiogram has been extended by acquiring new epidemiologic data and by follow-up studies on patients with myocardial infarction and bundle branch block. Unfortunately, this new information has to be dug out of several different journals and books. This book brings together this information and ,helps the practicing physi­ cian in updating his or her knowledge about the 12-lead electrocardiogram as a diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic tool. Hein J.1. WELLENS Henri E. KULBERTUS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Originally, the contents of this book were presented in a workshop on "What is new in electrocardiography?" This workshop was made possible by the generous financial support and assistance of Roussel Nederland. Each of the speakers at the workshop kindly consented to produce a manuscript. We want to express our gratitude to them. The preparation of the workshop, and this book, required a great amount of secretarial assistance: Mrs. Bea Leliveld, Miss Anja Smeets, and Mrs. Thea Niemeyer did this with dedication and efficiency. They surely deserve our thanks. Mr. B.F. Commandeur and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers were responsible for the rapid and expert production of this book.

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`The title What's New in Electrocardiography makes it almost inevitable that anyone who has to deal with electrocardiography will at least take this book down from the shelf. ...a book of real merit which should save the practicing physician a considerable amount of time by providing, under one cover, information which otherwise could only be obtained with difficulty via the scrutiny of many scientific journals.'
Clinical Cardiology (1982)

• Department of Cardiology Annadal Hospital, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands

  H. J. J. Wellens

• School of Medicine Division of Cardiology, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium

  H. E. Kulbertus

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