Twelve-Lead Electrocardiography

by Foster, D. Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781846285929
• ISBN10: 1846285925
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-01
• Publisher: Springer Nature

Summary

Twelve Lead Electrocardiography: Theory and Interpretation is a revised 2nd edition of Twelve Lead Electrocardiography for ACLS Providers, originally published in 1996. Twelve Lead Electrocardiography for ACLS Providers deals solely with the analysis of the shape (morphology) of ECG waveforms in order to diagnose many conditions not related to rhythm, including ischemia, acute myocardial infarction, and enlargement of heart muscle (hypertrophy). It is aimed at students who already have a familiarity with the analysis of heart rhythms. Almost all other texts of morphologic interpretation for non-cardiologists rely heavily on memorizing electrocardiographic patterns. Memorizing is difficult, and long term retention of memorized data is low. This book is unique because it leads the reader through a set of discrete building blocks of easily understood electrophysiologic principles, and then allows the reader to deduce what the 12 lead electrocardiogram will look like under various circumstances. There are no memorizing patterns. Retention is greatly enhanced, and more importantly, the reader becomes a more competent interpreter of 12 lead electrocardiograms.

Author Biography

Dr D. Bruce Foster has been teaching electrocardiography for years to various audiences including interns, residents, nurses, paramedics, and in recent years, physician's assistants. In large measure because of ACLS classes, most of them already had a pretty good understanding of dysrhythmias, so his teaching was primarily focused on the morphologic interpretation of ECGs. Absent a text on the market with which he was happy, he created his own course, and ultimately committed it to paper in the form of the first edition.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Essential Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology as It Relates to the Electrocardiogram	p. 1
Electrocardiographic Waveforms	p. 5
Cardiac Vectors and Lead Systems	p. 12
Derivation of the Normal Electrocardiogram	p. 17
Electrical Axis	p. 24
Intraventricular Conduction Delays: The Hemiblocks	p. 34
Intraventricular Conduction Delays: The Bundle Branch Blocks	p. 42
Chamber Enlargement	p. 57
Myocardial Infarction	p. 64
Ischemia and Anginal Syndromes	p. 84
The Electrocardiogram and the Clinical Evaluation of Chest Pain	p. 94
The Advanced Cardiac Life Support Provider and Therapeutic Interventions in Acute Myocardial Infarction	p. 101
Miscellaneous Conditions	p. 116
Case Presentations	p. 125
Index	p. 165
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