Goldberger’s Clinical Electrocardiography-A Simplified Approach

DescriptionIdeal for students and as a review for practicing clinicians, Goldberger’s Clinical Electrocardiography explains the fundamentals of ECG interpretation and analysis, helping facilitate an understanding of rhythm disorders and the relevant clinical outcomes. The authors take readers through the nuts and bolts of ECG, using Dr. Ary Goldberger’s award-winning teaching style to clarify complex concepts in an easy-to-read manner. You’ll learn simple waveform analysis and beyond to present ECGs as they are used in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and most especially intensive care units — where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is the starting point in patient care.Key FeaturesIncludes Clinical Pearls and Review Points in each chapter, as well as indispensable self-tests on interpreting and using ECGs to formulate diagnoses.Covers the nuts and bolts of ECG, explaining how to read the data and then interpret the subsequent clinical findings.Features practical, comprehensive coverage of the true-to-life clinical appearance of ECGs.Provides ECG differential diagnoses so you can answer the question, “What else could it be?”Table of ContentsPART ONE: Basic Principles and PatternsEssential Concepts: What is an ECG?ECG Basics: Waves, Intervals, and SegmentsHow to Make Basic MeasurementsECG LeadsThe Normal ECGElectrical Axis and Axis DeviationAtrial and Ventricular EnlargementVentricular Conduction Disturbances: Bundle Branch Blocks and Related AbnormalitiesMyocardial Infarction and Ischemia, Part I: ST Segment Elevation and Q Wave SyndromesMyocardial Infarction and Ischemia, Part II: Non-ST Segment Elevation and Non–Q Wave SyndromesDrug Effects, Electrolyte Abnormalities, and Metabolic EffectsPericardial, Myocardial, and Pulmonary SyndromesPART TWO: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances13. Sinus and Escape Rhythms14. Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Part I: Premature Beats and Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias (PSVTs)15. Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Part II: Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation16. Ventricular Arrhythmias17. AV Conduction Abnormalities, Part I: Delays, Blocks, and Dissociation Syndromes18. AV Conduction Abnormalities, Part II: Preexcitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White) Patterns and SyndromesPART THREE: Special Topics and Reviews19. Bradycardias and Tachycardias: Review and Differential Diagnosis20. Digitalis Toxicity21. Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death22. Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Essentials for Clinicians23. Interpreting ECGs: An Integrative Approach24. Limitations and Uses of the ECG25. ECG Differential Diagnoses: Instant ReplaysAuthors BiographyAry GoldbergerAry L. Goldberger, MD, FACC, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.Affiliations and Expertise Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MassachusettsZachary GoldbergerZachary D. Goldberger, MD, FACC, FHRS, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrophysiology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.Affiliations and Expertise Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine/Electrophysiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WisconsinAlexei ShvilkinAlexei Shvilkin, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.Affiliations and Expertise Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts