Basic electrocardiography [[electronic resource] ] : normal and abnormal ECG patterns / / A. Bayés de Luna

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910145553803321
• Autore: Bayés de Luna Antoni <1936->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Futura, c2007
• ISBN: 1-281-30937-0; 9786611309374; 0-470-69262-6; 0-470-69171-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.1/207547; 616.1207547
• Soggetti: Electrocardiography; Heart - Diseases - Diagnosis
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Basic Electrocardiography : NORMAL AND ABNORMAL ECG PATTERNS; Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction; 2 Usefulness and limitations of electrocardiography; 3 Electrophysiological principles; The origin of ECG morphology; 4 ECG machines: how to perform and interpret ECG; 5 Normal ECG characteristics; Heart rate; Rhythm; PR interval and segment; QT interval; P wave; QRS complex; ST segment and T wave; Assessment of the QRS electrical axis in the frontal plane; Rotations of the heart; Electrocardiographic changes with age; 6 Electrocardiographic diagnostic criteria; 7 Atrial abnormalities; Right atrial enlargement Left atrial enlargement; Biatrial enlargement; Interatrial block; 8 Ventricular enlargement; Right ventricular enlargement; Electrocardiographic signs of right acute overload; Left ventricular enlargement; Biventricular enlargement; 9 Ventricular blocks; Complete right bundle branch block (RBBB); Partial right bundle branch block; Complete left bundle branch block (LBBB); Partial left bundle branch block; Zonal (divisional) left ventricular block; Bifascicular blocks; Trifascicular blocks; 10 Ventricular pre-excitation; WPW-type pre-excitation; Short PR type pre-excitation (Lown...Ganong...Levine syndrome)11 Electrocardiographic pattern of ischaemia, injury and necrosis; Anatomic introduction; Electrophysiological introduction; Electrocardiographic pattern of ischaemia; Electrocardiographic pattern of injury; Electrocardiographic pattern of necrosis; 12 Miscellaneous; Value of ECG in special conditions; ECG pattern of poor prognosis; ECG of electrical alternans; Self-assessment; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Electrocardiography is a simple investigation to perform, but accurate interpretation can be challenging. This book takes a logical and systematic approach to ECG interpretation, beginning with the basics of normal variations and dealing in turn with atrial abnormalities, ventricular enlargement, ventricular conduction defects and ischemic heart disease. Extensively illustrated with ECG tracings that complement the text, this book provides clear and concise explanations of traditional concepts of electrocardiography and combines them with updates on the most recent developments in the fi