EKG-ECG Interpretation Everything you Need to Know about the 12-Lead ECG-EKG 2nd Edition EPUB PDF

INTRODUCTION
1. THE BASICS
ECG Procedure
ECG Tools
Calipers
ECG Ruler
Axis-wheel Rulers
Straight Edge
Calibration
Exercises
2. THE HEART
Electrical Conduction
SA Node
Internodal Pathways
The AV Node
The Bundle of His
The Left Bundle Branch
The Right Bundle Branch
The Left Anterior Fascicle (LAF)
The Left Posterior Fascicle (LPF)
The Purkinje System
Electrolytes
Phase 4 (Resting Potential)
Threshold Potential
Phase 0
Depolarization
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Exercises
3. THE ECG COMPLEX
Prime Waves
The P Wave
The TP Wave
The PR Segment
The PR Interval
The QRS Complex
Q Wave
Intrinsicoid Deflection
The ST Segment
The T Wave
The QT Interval
The U Wave
The R-R Interval
The P-P interval
Baseline
Exercises
4. MAKING INTERPRETATIONS
Heart Rate
Rhythm
Measuring Rhythm
Using a piece of paper and pencil
Using calipers
Bradycardia
Tachycardia
Narrow QRS Complex Tachycardia/ Supraventricular Tachycardia
Broad QRS Complex Tachycardia
Electrical Axis
Electrode Placement
Einthoven’s Triangle
Augmented Leads
The Hexaxial System
Precordial System
Normal Sinus Rhythm (NSR)
Exercises
5. ECG DIAGNOSIS
A
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm
Accelerated Junctional Rhythm
Anterior STEMI
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
Atrial Flutter
Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation in WPW
Atrial Ectopic Beat/Atrial Premature Beat
Atrial Tachycardia
AV block: 1st degree / First-Degree Heart Block
AV block: 2nd degree, Mobitz 1 (Wenckebach)
AV block: 2nd degree, Mobitz II / Mobitz II Second-Degree Heart Block
AV block: 3rd degree (complete heart block) / Third-Degree Heart Block
AVNRT (AV-nodal re-entry tachycardia) / Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
Atrial
Atrioventricular
AVRT (Atrioventricular Re-Entry Tachycardia)
B
Benign Early Repolarization / High Take Off / J-Point Elevation
Beta-Blocker Toxicity
Bidirectional VT
Bifascicular Block
Biventricular Enlargement
Biatrial Enlargement
Brugada Syndrome
C
Calcium-Channel Blocker Toxicity
Carbamazepine Cardiotoxicity
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated
Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
D
De Winter’s T waves
Dextrocardia
Digoxin Effect
Digoxin Toxicity
E
Ectopic Atrial Tachycardia
Electrical Alternans
F
Fascicular VT
H
High Take-Off
Hypercalcemia
Hyperkalemia
Hyperthyroidism
Hypocalcemia
Hypokalemia
Hypomagnesemia
Hypothermia
Hypothyroidism
I
Interventricular Conduction Delay (QRS Widening)
Intracranial Haemorrhage
Intrinsicoid Deflection/ R Wave Peak Time
J
J-point Elevation
Junctional Ectopic Beat / Junctional Premature Beat / Premature Junctional Contraction
Junctional Escape Beat
Junctional Rhythm
L
Lateral STEMI
Lead reversals: Limb Lead Reversals (overview)
Lead Reversal: Left Arm/Right Arm
Lead Reversal: Right Arm/Left Leg
RA/RL(N) Reversal
Bilateral Arm-Leg Reversal (RA-RL and LA-LL)
LL/RL(N) Reversal
Left Atrial Enlargement / Left Atrial Hypertrophy
Left Anterior Fascicular Block / Left Anterior Hemiblock
Left Axis Deviation
Left Bundle Branch Block
Left Bundle Branch Block – How to Diagnose Myocardial Infarction (Sgarbossa Criteria)
Left Main Coronary Artery Occlusion (ST Elevation In aVR)
Left Posterior Fascicular Block / Left Posterior Hemiblock
Left Ventricular Aneurysm
Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
Lown Ganong Levine Syndrome
Low QRS Voltage
M
Movement Artefact
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Myocardial Ischemia
Myocarditis
N
Non-Paroxysmal Junctional Tachycardia
P
Pericardial Effusion/Tamponade
Pericarditis
Persistent ST Elevation (LV Aneurysm Morphology)
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia (PVT)
Poor R Wave Progression (PRWP)
Posterior STEMI
Preexcitation
Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC)
Q
QRS Widening
Quetiapine Toxicity
R
Right Atrial Enlargement/ Right Atrial Hypertrophy
Right Axis Deviation
Right Bundle Branch Block
Incomplete RBB
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
Right Ventricular MI
Right Ventricular Outflow Tract (RVOT) Tachycardia
Right Ventricular Strain
R-Wave Peak Time
S
Shivering Artefact
Short QT Syndrome
Sinus Arrhythmia
Sinus Bradycardia
Sinus Pause / Arrest
Sinus Tachycardia
Sodium Channel Blocker Overdose/Tricyclic Overdose
ST Elevation In AVR (Lmca/3vd)
STEMI
STEMI, Anterior
STEMI, High Lateral
STEMI, Inferior
STEMI, Lateral
STEMI (old)
STEMI, Posterior
STEMI, right ventricular
Subarachnoid Haemorrhage
T
Tako Tsubo Cardiomyopathy
Torsades de Pointes
Tremor Artefact
Tricyclic Overdose (Sodium-Channel Blocker Toxicity)
Trifascicular Block
Incomplete
Complete
V
Ventricular Aneurysm
Ventricular Escape Beat
Ventricular Escape Rhythm / Idioventricular Rhythm
Ventricular Fibrillation (Vfib)
Ventricular Flutter
Ventricular Tachycardia (VTach)
Fusion Beats
Capture Beats
Brugada’s Sign
Josephson’s Sign
Ventricular Tachycardia: Fascicular VT
Ventricular tachycardia: Monomorphic VT
W
Wellens Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
Exercises
REFERENCES
ANSWERS TO EXERCISES
EKG-ECG Interpretation Everything you Need to Know about the 12-Lead ECG-EKG 2nd Edition EPUB PDF Ebook

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