Comprehensive electrocardiology [electronic resource]

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Macfarlane, Peter W.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Springer, 2011.
Edition:2nd ed. /
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Table of Contents:
  • Volume 1: The coming of age of electrocardiology
  • Introductory physics and mathematics
  • Cellular electrophysiology
  • Activation of the heart
  • Genesis of the electrocardiogram
  • Macroscopic source descriptions
  • The equivalent double layer: source models for repolarization
  • The forward problem of electrocardiography
  • The inverse problem of electrocardiography
  • Lead theory
  • Lead systems
  • ECG instrumentation: application and design.
  • Volume 2: The normal electrocardiogram and vectorcardiogram
  • Conduction defects
  • Enlargement and hypertrophy
  • Myocardial infarction
  • Ventricular repolarization: theory and practice in non-ischemic myocardium
  • Ventricular repolarization in myocardial ischemia and myocardial infarction: theory and practice
  • The QT interval
  • Miscellaneous electrocardiographic topics
  • The electrocardiogram in congenital heart disease
  • Electrocardiography in adult congenital heart disease.
  • Volume 3: Cellular electrophysiological and genetic mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmias
  • Clinical cardiac electrophysiology
  • Intracardiac mapping
  • Sinus and atrial arrhythmias
  • Clinical electrophysiological mechanisms of tachycardias arising from the atrioventricular junction
  • Atrioventricular dissociation
  • Ventricular tachycardia
  • Atrial tachycardias in infants, children, and young adults with congenital heart disease
  • Body surface potential mapping techniques
  • Body surface potential mapping
  • Ambulatory electrocardiogram monitoring
  • The pre-hospital electrocardiogram
  • Heart rate variability.
  • Volume 4: Exercise electrocardiography and exercise testing
  • Computer analysis of the electrocardiogram
  • Pacemaker electrocardiography
  • The signal-average electrocardiogram
  • Electrocardiography in epidemiology
  • The dog electrocardiogram: a critical review
  • The mammalian electrocardiogram: comparative features
  • 12 lead vectorcardiography
  • Magnetocardiography
  • Polarcardiography.
  • Appendices: Adult normal limits
  • Pediatric normal limits
  • Instrumentation standards and recommendations
  • Coding schemes
  • Normal limits of the 12 lead vectorcardiogram.