Title Pocket guide to electrocardiography / Mary Boudreau Conover

Edition Fourth edition Published St. Louis : Mosby, [1998] St. Louis ; London : Mosby, [1998] ©1998

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Description xxvi, 258 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm Series Mosby's pocket guide series Mosby's pocket guide series. Contents 1. The 12 Electrocardiogram Leads -- 2. Normal Electrical Activation of the Heart -- 3. The ECG Waveforms and Intervals -- 4. Determination of the Electrical Axis -- 5. The Mechanisms of Arrhythmias -- 6. Arrhythmias Originating in the Sinus Node -- 7. PACs and Atrial Tachycardia -- 8. Atrial Fibrillation -- 9. Atrial Flutter -- 10. Junctional Beats and Rhythms -- 11. Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia -- 12. Premature Ventricular Complexes -- 13. Monomorphic Ventricular Tachycardia -- 14. Aberration Versus Ectopy -- 15. Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia -- 16. Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm and Ventricular Escape -- 17. Digitalis Dysrhythmias -- 18. Atrioventricular Block -- 19. Potassium Derangements -- 20. AV Dissociation -- 21. Fusion Beats -- 22. Parasystole -- 23. Wolff-Parkinson-White and Other Preexcitation Syndromes -- 24. Wellens Syndrome and Left Main and Three-Vessel Disease -- 25. Bundle Branch Block and Hemiblock -- 26. Acute Myocardial Infarction 27. Acute Pulmonary Embolism -- 28. Hypertrophy -- 29. Expert Bedside Monitoring Summary Mary Conover's Pocket Guide to Electrocardiography, Fourth Edition, includes the latest guidelines on arrhythmia detection and identification - all in a fast, easy-to-use format. Its concise presentation allows quick recognition of arrhythmias and abnormal 12-lead ECGs, and also provides essential information on the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac emergencies. This fourth edition includes state-of-the-art findings in cellular electrophysiology and clinical electrocardiography Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Arrhythmia -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Cardiovascular emergencies -- Diagnosis -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Electrocardiography -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. Arrhythmias, Cardiac -- diagnosis. Electrocardiography. Arrhythmias, Cardiac -- diagnosis. Electrocardiography. Genre/Form Handbook. Nurses Instruction. Handbooks and manuals. LC no. 97039597 ISBN 0815136951 (paperback)

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