Chou's Electrocardiography in Clinical Practice

Surawicz Borys , MD, MACC, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University School of Medicine; Senior Research Associate, Krannert Institute of Cardiology; Member of the Care Group, Indianapolis, IN Timothy Knilans, MD, Director, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology and Pacing, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Here's a user-friendly, readable introduction to the study of electrocardiography. It guides you in capturing and interpreting ECGs, with an eye towards clinical correlation for easy application to your practice. New in this edition are increased content on pediatric ECGs, implantable cardiodefibrillators, and pacemakers. Features Guides you on how to capture and interpret all normal and abnormal rhythms, creating an excellent foundation for understanding ECGs. Covers the management of adult and pediatric rhythm disorders and their clinical correlations. What's New Contains new chapters on pediatric rhythm problems and on pacemakers. Discusses cardiac rhythm problems associated with the athletic heart, obesity and pediatric heart failure. Incorporates new material on interpreting the rhythm problems associated with implantable cardiodefibrillator devices (ICDs). Contents SECTION I ADULT ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY 1 Normal Electrocardiogram: Origin and Description 2 Atrial Abnormalities 3 Ventricular Enlargement 4 Left Bundle Branch Block 5 Right Bundle Branch Block 6 Other Intraventricular Conduction Disturbances 7 Acute Ischemia: Electrocardiographic Patterns 8 Myocardial Infarction and Electrocardiographic Patterns Simulating Myocardial Infarction 9 Non-Q Wave Myocardial Infarction, Unstable Angina Pectoris, Myocardial Ischemia 10 Stress Test 11 Pericarditis and Cardiac Surgery 12 Diseases of the Heart and Lungs 13 Sinus Rhythms 14 Atrial Rhythms 15 Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation 16 Atrioventricular Junctional Rhythms 17 Ventricular Arrhythmias 18 Torsade de Pointes, Ventricular Fibrillation, and Differential Diagnosis of Wide QRS Tachycardias 19 Atrioventricular Block; Concealed Conduction; Gap Phenomenon 20 Ventricular Preexcitation (Wolff Parkinson-White Syndrome and Its Variants) 21 Effect of Drugs on the Electrocardiogram 22 Electrolytes, Temperature, Central Nervous System Diseases, and Miscellaneous Effects 23 T Wave Abnormalities 24 QT Interval, U Wave Abnormalities, and Cardiac Alternans 25 Misplacement of Leads and Electrocardiographic Artifacts 26 Artificial Electronic Pacemakers 27 Ambulatory Electrocardiography SECTION II PEDIATRIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY 28 Normal Electrocardiograms in Infants and Children 29 Abnormal Electrocardiograms in Infants and Children 30 Congenital Heart Diseases 31 Cardiac Arrhythmias in Infants and Children