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A Practical Guide to ECG Interpretation
by Ken Grauer,
A Practical Guide to ECG Interpretation, second edition, presents a practical,
comprehensive approach to electrocardiography for both the beginning and advanced
student by stressing the application of practical concepts encountered in the daily
practice of most medical providers. Comprehensive, but practical, this text provides
a systematic approach for the interpretation of ECGs, followed by advanced information
such as electrolyte disturbances, pericarditis, and considerations for pediatric
patients.
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Table of Contents:
Abbreviations,
Philosophical Overview/Review of Fundamentals,
Overview of the Descriptive Analysis,
Rate and Rhythm,
The PR Interval,
The QRS Interval/Bundle Branch Block,
The QT Interval,
Axis (and Hemiblocks),
Review,
Chamber Enlargement,
QRST Changes,
Putting It All Together (Writing the Descriptive Analysis),
ECG Indicators of Myocardial Infarction,
The Six Essential Lists,
Electrolyte Disturbances,
Pericarditis,
Recognizing Lead Misplacement,
When the Patient is a Child,
If the Patient has a Pacemaker,
Advanced Arrhythmia Concepts,
What Can We Learn from Comparison Tracings?,
Does the Computer Know Better?,
Basic Review Tracings,
Challenge Tracings,
Where Do We Go From Here?,
Index
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ECG interpretation during the acute phase of coronary syndromes: in need of improvement?
Swiss Med Wkly. 2004 Nov 27;134(47-48):695-9.
by Berger A, Meier JM, Stauffer JC, Eckert P, Schlaepfer J, Gillis D, Cornuz J, Yersin B, Schaller MD, Kappenberger L, Wasserfallen JB.
Question under study:
Emergency room (ER) interpretation of the ECG is critical to
assessment of patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Our aim was to assess its
reliability in our institution, a tertiary teaching hospital.
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Background:
Atrial fibrillation (AF) has been recognised as an important independent
risk factor for thromboembolic disease, particularly stroke for which it provides a
five-fold increase in risk. This study aimed to determine the baseline prevalence and
the incidence of AF based on a variety of screening strategies and in doing so to evaluate
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To ascertain the value of a range of methods - including clinical features, resting and exercise electrocardiography, and rapid access chest pain clinics (RACPCs) - used in the diagnosis and early management of acute coronary syndrome (ACS), suspected acute myocardial infarction (MI), and exertional angina
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ECGSIM: an interactive tool for studying the genesis of QRST waveforms
Heart. 2004 Feb;90(2):165-8.
by van Oosterom A, Oostendorp TF.
Background:
Discussion about the selection of diagnostic features of the ECG and their possible interpretation would benefit from a model of the genesis of these signals that has a sound basis in electrophysiology as well as in physics. Recent advances in computer technology have made it possible to build a simulation package whereby
the genesis of ECG signals can be studied interactively.
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Myotonic dystrophy and heart disease: behavior of arrhythmic events and conduction disturbances
Arq Bras Cardiol. 2005 Apr;84(4):330-6.
by Nishioka SA, Martinelli Filho M, Marie S, Zatz M, Costa R.
Objective:
To study the prevalence and natural evolution of arrhythmic events and conduction
disturbances in myotonic dystrophy; to correlate the genetic defect with cardiovascular
findings; to assess cardiac mortality, frequency, and predictive factors of sudden death;
to correlate the severity of the neuromuscular and cardiac involvement;
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