Chapter 1 Establishing (and Maintaining) a Venous Access Service Philip C. Pieters William J. Miller A more appropriate title of this chapter might have been Maintaining (and Establishing) a Venous…
3 The Rhythm of the Heart The intrinsic rhythmicity of the heart Abnormal rhythms The bradycardias – the slow rhythms Extrasystoles The tachycardias – the fast rhythms Fibrillation The Wolff-Parkinson-White…
1 What the ECG is about What to expect from the ECG The electricity of the heart The different parts of the ECG The ECG – electrical pictures The shape…
2 Conduction and its problems Conduction problems in the AV node and His bundle Conduction problems in the right and left bundle branches – bundle branch block Conduction problems in…
8 Now Test Yourself ECGs with clinical scenarios ECG descriptions and interpretations You should now be able to recognize the common ECG patterns, and this final chapter contains ten 12-lead…
5 The ECG in Healthy Subjects The normal cardiac rhythm The P wave Conduction The QRS complex The ST segment The T wave U waves The ECG in athletes The…
6 The ECG in Patients with Chest Pain or Breathlessness The ECG in patients with constant chest pain The ECG in patients with intermittent chest pain The ECG in patients…
4 Abnormalities of P waves, QRS complexes and T waves Abnormalities of the P wave Abnormalities of the QRS complex Abnormalities of the ST segment Abnormalities of the T wave…
7 The ECG in Patients with Palpitations or Syncope The ECG when the patient has no symptoms The ECG when the patient has symptoms Pacemakers Cardiac arrest ‘Palpitations’ means different…
5 The ECG in Patients with Chest Pain History and examination Acute chest pain Chronic chest pain The ECG in the presence of chest pain The ECG in patients with…
