The ECG in Clinical Decision MakingSpringer Nature, 31 ago 2004 - 368 pagine Electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis is a valuable skill an is extremely useful in diagnosis, monitoring of disease progression and response to treatment. Thsi book will introduce the novice to ECGs and will improve the interpretative skills of the more experienced ECG-reader. This book features: - Informative diagrams and illustrations - Full description of the principles underlying the ECG - Examples of ECGs in different conditions - A detailed explanation of how ECG interpretation depends critically on the clinical circumstances - Full clinical information to allow readers to interpret the ECG in a variety of different clinical situations The ECG in Clinical-Decision Making has been written for a wide variety of health professionals, including medical and nursing students, junior and senior doctors of all specialties, CCU and ITU nurses, cardiac physiologists and chest-pain and heart-failure nurses. |
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Dedication V | 1 |
Star War 9 | 14 |
Time of Troubles 47 | 14 |
Scientific Sweatshop 87 | 14 |
Harvest 115 | 14 |
Consumed by the Catalogue 127 | 14 |
Dust Collectors 153 | 14 |
Afterlife 189 | 14 |
The ECG in arrhythmia | 171 |
Stable angina | 177 |
Sustained tachyarrhythmias | 184 |
Index | 205 |
The ECG in ischaemic heart disease | 217 |
The exercise stress ECG | 245 |
ECG devices for remote recording of arrhythmias | 269 |
Provocative electrophysiological studies | 289 |
References 197 | 14 |
Disciplined Dreamer | 57 |
The ECG in chest pain | 77 |
The ECG in breathlessness and heart failure | 99 |
The ECG and palpitations | 133 |
The ECG in syncope | 145 |
The ECG in miscellaneous conditions | 299 |
Pacemakers and the ECG | 323 |
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