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Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. David M. Mirvis

    1. Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

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Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine (DICM, volume 82)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. History of Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. History of Electrocardiographic Leads

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 3-20

    3. History of Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

      • Marandapalli R. Sridharan, Leo G. Horan
      Pages 21-27

  3. Basic Concepts of Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Rationale for Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 31-41

    3. Methods for Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 43-62

    4. Validation of Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 63-74

  4. The Normal Electrocardiogram

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Atrial Depolarization and Repolarization

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 77-86

    3. Ventricular Depolarization

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 87-96

    4. Ventricular Repolarization

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 97-108

  5. The Abnormal Electrocardiogram

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109
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    2. Myocardial Ischemia and Exercise Stress Testing

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 111-124

    3. Acute Myocardial Infarction

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 125-136

    4. Chronic Myocardial Infarction

      • David M. Mirvis
      Pages 137-152

    5. Conduction Abnormalities and Ventricular Hypertrophy

      • Jerome Liebman, Cecil W. Thomas, Yoram Rudy
      Pages 153-166

    6. Arrhythmogenic Conditions

      • B. Milan Horacek, Terrence J. Montague, Martin J. Gardner, Eldon R. Smith
      Pages 167-189

  6. Future Prospects and Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Future Prospects and Applications

      • Bruno Taccardi
      Pages 193-200
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About this book

To accomplish these objectives, the book is Body surface electrocardiographic mapping is not a new technique. It is one initially de­ divided into five sections. In Part I, the deve­ veloped many decades ago, but it has only lopment of electrocardiographic leads as well as recently matured into a powerful tool for surface mapping is viewed from an historical studying the cardiac electrical field. This book perspective. This is followed in Part II by a is intended to review, both critically and in review of the fundamental physiologic and detail, the applications of this unique method biophysical principles of electrocardiography in both clinical and experimental environments. and a discussion of basic mapping techniques. A comprehensive description of reported re­ Applications of these methods to the normal sults is, however, only a first goal. An equally and the abnormal heart are then presented in important objective is to explore the elec­ Parts III and IV, respectively. Finally, the trophysiologic and biophysical bases for the work concludes (Part V) with a consideration empirically observed electrocardiographic pat­ of possible future directions that body surface terns. It is only after considering these basic mapping may follow. The final result is, hope­ foundations that the values and the limitations fully, a thorough statement defining the cur­ of any electrocardiographic method can be rent s~atus of body surface electrocardiographic understood. This is particularly true for body mappmg.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, USA

    David M. Mirvis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Body Surface Electrocardiographic Mapping

  • Editors: David M. Mirvis

  • Series Title: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1769-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-89838-983-8Published: 30 September 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-8992-0Published: 22 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-1769-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0166-9842

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 204

  • Topics: Cardiology

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