Pocket Guide to Electrocardiography
4th Edition
Published in January 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-8151-3695-8 (ISBN)
Description
This pocket-sized reference provides guidelines on arrhythmia detection and identification. The concise presentation is intended to allow nurses to quickly recognize arrhythmias and abnormal 12-lead ECGs, while presenting essential information on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac emergencies. This fourth edition includes findings in cellular electrophysiology and clinical electrocardiography.
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Edition
4th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Elsevier Health Sciences
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
622 illus
Dimensions
Height: 187 mm
Width: 110 mm
Weight
205 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8151-3695-8 (9780815136958)
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Previous edition
Mary Boudreau Conover
Pocket Guide to Electrocardiography
Book
03/1994
3rd Edition
Mosby
€36.75
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Content
The 12 ECG Leads . Normal Electrical Activation of the Heart . The ECG Waveforms and Intervals . Determination of the Electrical Axis . The Mechanisms of Arrhythmias . Arrhythmias Originating in the Sinus Node . PACS and Atrial Tachycardia . Atrial Fibrillation . Atrial Flutter . Junctional Beats and Rhythms . Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia . Premature Ventricular Complexes . Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia . Aberration Versus Ectopy . Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia . Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm and Ventricular Escape . Digitalis Dysrhythmia . Atrioventricular Block . Potassium Derangements . AV Dissociation . Fusion Beats . Parasystole . Wolff-Parkinson-White and Other Preexcitation Syndromes . Wellens Syndrome; Left Main and Three Vessel Disease . Bundle Branch Block and Hemiblock . Acute Myocardial Infarction . Acute Pulmonary Embolism . Hypertrophy . Expert Bedside Monitoring