The only EKG book you'll ever need / by Malcolm S. Thaler.

Previous ed.: 2000.

Chapter 1.The basics:- Electricity and the Heart--Time and voltage--P Waves, QRS complexes, T Waves, and some straight lines--Naming the straingt lines--Summary: The waves and straight lines of the EKG--Making waves--The 12 views of the heart--A word about vectors--The normal 12-lead EKG--Summary: Orientation of the waves of the normal EKG--Coming attractions--Chapter 2: Hypertrophy and enlargement of the heart:- Definitions--Axis--Summary: Axis--Axis deviation, Hypertrophy, and Enlargement--Atrial enlargement--Summary: Atrial Enlargement--Ventricular Hypertrophy--Secondary repolarization abnormalities of ventricular hypertrophy--Summary: Ventricular Hypertrophy--Case 1--Case 2-- Chapter 3: Arrhythmias:- The Clinical manifestation of arrhythmias--Why Arrhythmias happen--Rhythm strips--How to determine the heart rate from the EKG--The four basic types of Arrhythmias--Arrhythmias of sinus origin--Ectopic rhythms--The four questions--Ectopic supraventricular arrhythmias--Summary: Supraventricular arrhythmias--Ectopic ventricular arrhythmias--Summary: Ventricular arrhythmias--Summary: Rules of malignancy for PVCs--Supraventricular versus ventricular arrhythmias--Summary: Ventricular tachycardia (VT) versus paroxysmal supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT) with aberrancy--Programmed electrical stimulation--Implantable defibrillators--Case 3--Case 4-- Chapter 4: Conduction Blocks:- What is a conduction block?--AV blocks--Summary: AV block--Bundle Branch Block--Summary: Bundle Branch Block--Hemiblocks--Summary: Criteria for Hemiblock--Combining Bundle Branch Blocks and Hemiblocks--Summary: Criteria for Bifascicular block--The ultimate in playing with blocks: Combining AV blocks, Bundle Branch Blocks, and Hemiblocks--Pacemakers--Case 5--Chapter 5: Preexcitation Syndromes:- What is Preexcitation?--Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome--Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome--Associated Arrhythmias--Summary: Preexcitation--Case 6-- Chapter 6: Myocardial Ischemia and Infarction:-What is a Myocardial Infarction?--How to diagnose a Myocardial Infarction--Summary: Tyhe EKG changes of an Evolving Myocardial Infarction--Localizing the Infarct--Non-Q waveMyocardial Infarctions--Angina--Summary: The ST segment in cardiac disease--Limitations of the EKG in Diagnosing an Infarction--Stress testing--Case 7--Chapter 7: Finishing Touches:- Electrolyte Disturbances--Hypothermia--Drugs--Other Cardiac Disorders--Pulmonary Disorders--Central Nervous System Disease--The Athlete\'s Heart--Summary: Miscellaneous Conditions--Case 8--Chapter 8: Putting it all Together:- The 11-step method for reading EKGs--Review charts--Chapter 9: How do you get to Carnegie Hall?*:- Practice EKG strips.

Now in its updated fourth edition, this practical text presents all the information the clinician needs to read EKGs efficiently and accurately. This edition includes more information on pacemakers, ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction treatment.