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1 online resource (611 p.) |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface by Prof. Antoni Bayés de Luna -- Preface by Drs Miquel Fiol-Sala, Antoni Bayés-Genís, and Adrián Baranchuk -- Forewordby Dr Marcelo V. Elizari -- Forewordby Dr Pedro Brugada -- Recommended Reading -- Part 1 Introductory Aspects -- Chapter 1 The Electrical Activity of the Heart -- Basic concepts -- How can we record the electrical activity of the heart? -- What is the surface ECG? -- What is vectorcardiography? (See Chapter 25 for more extensive information) -- ECG-VCG correlation -- Why do we record ECG curves and not VCG loops? |
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Why do we use ECG-VCG correlations to understand ECG patterns? -- References -- Chapter 2 The History of Electrocardiography -- References -- Chapter 3 Utility and Limitations of the Surface ECG: Present and Future -- Introduction -- Utility -- Limitations -- The future of electrocardiography -- References -- Part 2 The Normal ECG -- Chapter 4 The Anatomical Basis of the ECG: From Macroscopic Anatomy to Ultrastructural Characteristics -- The anatomical basis -- The heart walls: perfusion and innervation (Cerqueira 2002 -- Fiol-Sala et al. 2020) |
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The specific conduction system: perfusion and innervation -- Ultrastructural characteristics of cardiac cells -- References -- Chapter 5 The Electrophysiological Basis of the ECG: From Cell Electrophysiology to the Human ECG -- Types of cardiac cells: slow and fast response cells (Hoffman and Cranefield 1960) -- Transmembrane diastolic potential (DP) -- Transmembrane action potential -- Properties of cardiac cells -- Cardiac activation -- From cellular electrogram to the human ECG (Wilson et al. 1935 -- Cabrera 1958 -- Sodi-Pallares et al. 1964 -- Macfarlane and Veitch Lawrie 1989 -- Wagner 2001 |
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Bayés de Luna and Baranchuk, 2017) -- References -- Chapter 6 The ECG Recording: Leads, Devices, and Techniques -- Leads -- Hemifield concept -- Correlation between the vectorcardiographic loop and electrocardiographic morphology -- Recording devices -- Recording techniques -- References -- Chapter 7 Characteristics of the Normal Electrocardiogram: Normal ECGWaves and Intervals -- A systematic and sequential approach to ECG interpretation -- Heart rhythm -- Heart rate -- PR interval and PR segment (Table 7.2 -- and Figures 7.1 and 7.8) -- QT interval (Figure 7.8) (Malik and Camm 2004 |
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Bayés de Luna 2019 -- Goldenberg et al. 2008 -- Anttonen et al. 2009) (see also Chapters 19, 21, and 24) -- QRS complex -- ST segment and T and U waves -- T wave -- U wave -- Abnormalities of repolarization -- Calculation of the electrical axis -- ÂQRS at +60° (Figure 7.20) -- Rotations of the heart -- Electrocardiographic variations with age -- Other ECG variants -- References -- Chapter 8 Diagnostic Criteria: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value -- Sensitivity -- Specificity -- Predictive values -- Bayes' theorem -- References -- Part 3 Abnormal ECG Patterns |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Chapter 9 Atrial Abnormalities |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Fiol-Sala, Miquel
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Bayés-ís, Antoni
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Baranchuk, Adrian
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| ISBN |
9781119536437 |
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111953643X |
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