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Basic Electrocardiography

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Authors:
  1. Brent G. Petty

    1. Dept. of Medicine Room 503 Halsted, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

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  • Comprehensive overview of basics

  • Illustrated for easy understanding

  • Test tracings included at the end of each chapter

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Components of the Electrocardiogram: The Normal Tracing

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    Pages 1-18

  3. Axis

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    Pages 19-47

  4. Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia

    • Brent G. Petty
    Pages 49-64

  5. Atrioventricular (AV) Block

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    Pages 65-77

  6. Bundle Branch Blocks and Hemiblocks

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    Pages 79-90

  7. Chamber Enlargement

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    Pages 91-99

  8. Arrhythmias

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    Pages 101-135

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 137-139
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About this book

This handy workbook covers the essential components of electrocardiography (ECG or EKG) and is useful in helping the reader identify a number of conditions, including arrhythmias, conduction blocks and heart attacks. Basic Electrocardiography reviews the fundamentals of this modality, from recognizing the normal tracing to specifics like identifying bundle branch blocks or ventricular fibrillation. This book will teach students not only the skills to interpret the electrocardiogram but also the language of electrocardiograms. Each chapter introduces basic themes, gives examples from actual patient tracings, and provides self-test electrocardiograms that will reinforce key concepts. Designed for the clerkship student, resident, or even the practicing professional who wants to brush up on EKG particulars, Basic Electrocardiography is a user-friendly guide to one of medicine's most useful tools.

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“This is a well-organized and comprehensive beginner’s primer on interpreting the electrocardiogram. … This is intended as an introduction for third-year medical students and physician-extender students, but the audience is anyone who is interested in understanding the basic principles of electrocardiography. … The graphics are extremely well presented. This is an outstanding teaching tool on the basics of electrocardiography.” (Vincent F. Carr, Doody's Book Reviews, June, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Medicine Room 503 Halsted, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA

    Brent G. Petty

About the author

Brent G. Petty, MD

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Department of Medicine

Baltimore, MD, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic Electrocardiography

  • Authors: Brent G. Petty

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2413-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-2413-4Published: 11 December 2015

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 139

  • Number of Illustrations: 141 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Medicine/Public Health, general

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