ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care

by Theodore C. Chan MD, William J. Brady MD, Richard A. Harrigan MD, Joseph P. Ornato MD, Peter Rosen MD

Overview

ECG in Emergency Medicine and Acute Care provides a comprehensive, clinically relevant resource on electrocardiography for those who care for patients in the emergency setting. The book provides succinct information on ECG abnormalities and their aetiologic differential diagnoses, diagnostic criteria for the ECG manifestations of various clinical diseases/entities, and many 12-lead ECG examples for review.

· Offers expert guidance from a premier editorial team.· Includes description/pathophysiology · causes · ECG findings · differential diagnosis/hints · and ECG examples in the Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Disease section.· Features a consistent chapter organization that follows a specific outline, ensuring consistent, reliable information throughout.· Uses over 450 illustrations, including a multitude of 12-lead examples for review—making this resource ideal for board preparation. · And much more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323018111
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	09/29/2004
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	416
Sales rank:	552,337
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.88(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

	Color insert falls after	368
	Introduction	xxiii
	Abbreviations	xxv
	Terminology	xxvii
Section I	The Normal Electrocardiogram
1	Standard 12-Lead Electrocardiogram: Principles and Techniques	3
2	The Normal Electrocardiogram and Its Interpretation	6
3	Variants of Normal	12
4	Electrode Misplacement and Artifact	16
5	The Pediatric Electrocardiogram	22
Section II	The Abnormal Electrocardiogram
6	Dysrhythmias at Normal Rates	31
7	Bradydysrhythmias	36
8	Tachydysrhythmias	39
9	Abnormal Axis	46
10	P Wave	48
11	PR Interval and Segment	53
12	QRS Complex	56
13	ST Segment	60
14	T Wave	66
15	QT Interval	70
16	U Wave	72
Section III	Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Disease
	Dysrhythmias and Conduction Disturbances
17	Bradycardia and Escape Rhythms	77
18	Sinus Pause/Sinus Arrest	81
19	Sinoatrial Exit Block	83
20	Atrioventricular Block	85
21	Intraventricular Conduction Abnormalities	89
22	Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter	96
23	Wandering Atrial Pacemaker and Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia	101
24	Other Supraventricular Tachydysrhythmias	104
25	Preexcitation Syndromes	112
26	Ventricular Tachycardia and Ventricular Fibrillation	118
27	Pacemakers: Normal Function	129
28	Pacemakers: Abnormal Function	136
29	Sick Sinus Syndrome	143
30	Atrioventricular Dissociation	146
	Diseases of the Heart and Contiguous Structures
31	Waveform Genesis in Acute Coronary Syndrome	149
32	Acute Coronary Syndromes: Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia	151
33	Acute Coronary Syndromes: Regional Issues	173
34	Acute Myocardial Infarction: Confounding Patterns	181
35	Ventricular Hypertrophy	188
36	Cardiomyopathy	195
37	Myopericarditis	199
38	Myocarditis	204
39	Endocarditis	207
40	Benign Early Repolarization	210
41	Ventricular Aneurysm	213
42	Valvular Disorders	216
43	Pericardial Effusion	220
44	Cardiac Transplant	223
45	Dextrocardia	227
46	Cardiac Trauma	230
47	Long QT Syndromes	235
48	Congenital Heart Disease	238
	Toxicology and Systemic Disease
49	Toxicology Section: Introduction	253
50	Digitalis	255
51	Beta-Adrenergic Blocking Agents	260
52	Calcium Channel Antagonists	263
53	Other Cardioactive Agents	265
54	Antipsychotic Agents and Lithium	268
55	Tricyclic Antidepressant Agents	272
56	Other Sodium Channel Blocking Agents	274
57	Cocaine and Other Sympathomimetics	278
58	Electrolyte Abnormalities	282
59	Pulmonary Embolism	288
60	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	293
61	Pulmonary Hypertension	297
62	Pneumothorax	300
63	Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders	303
64	Neurologic and Neuromuscular Conditions	311
65	Rheumatologic/Immunologic Disorders	317
66	Acute Rheumatic Fever	321
67	Miscellaneous Infectious Syndromes: Lyme Carditis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Associated, and Chagas Disease	324
68	Electrocardiographic Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Diseases	327
Section IV	Advanced Techniques and Technologies
69	Additional Lead Electrocardiograms	335
70	Serial Electrocardiography and ST Segment Trend Monitoring	342
71	The Prehospital 12-Lead Electrocardiogram	347
72	The Electrocardiogram and Stress Testing	351
73	QT Dispersion	360
74	Electrocardiographic Predictive Instruments	363
75	Electrocardiographic Body Surface Mapping	367

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Provides succinct information on ECG abnormalities and their etiologic differential diagnoses and much more

Editorial Reviews

I think this book is value for money and would be of use both as a revision and as a reference book for ED staff at all levels.

Emergency Medicine Australasia 2006

From the Publisher

In summary, this is the finest available ECG book that I have seen.

Journal of Emergency Medicine

I think this book is value for money and would be of use both as a revison and as a reference book for ED staff at all levels.
(2006)

Emergency Medicine Australasia