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• Title:The only EKG book you'll ever need / Malcolm S. Thaler, M.D., Physician, Internal Medicine, One Medical Group, Clinical Instructor in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, Medical Staff, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
  
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• Author/Creator:Thaler, Malcolm S., author.
  
• Published/Created:Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2015]
  ©2015
  

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  • Location:BMB LIBRARY (VGH) stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WG140 .T365o 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:c.1 On loan - Due on 05-12-2025
    

  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WG140 .T365o 2015
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Electrocardiography.
  
• Medical Subjects: Electrocardiography.
  Case Reports.
  Heart Diseases--diagnosis.
  
• Genre/Form:Case studies.
  
• Edition:8th edition.
  
• Description:x, 346 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:For more than 25 years, The Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need has lived up to its name as an easy-to-understand, practical, and clear reference for everyday practice and clinical decision making. Dr. Thaler's ability to simplify complex concepts makes this an ideal tool for students, teachers, and practitioners at all levels who need to be competent in understanding how to read an EKG. Clear illustrations, clinical examples, and case studies help you quickly learn how identify and interpret hypertrophy and enlargement, arrhythmias, conduction blocks, pre-excitation syndromes, myocardial infarction, and more.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781451193947 (pbk.)
  1451193947 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: Electricity and the Heart
  Cells of the Heart
  Time and Voltage
  P Waves, QRS Complexes, T Waves, and Some Straight Lines
  Naming the Straight Lines
  Summary: The Waves and Straight Lines of the EKG
  Making Waves
  12 Views of the Heart
  Word About Vectors
  Normal 12-Lead EKG
  Summary: Orientation of the Waves of the Normal EKG
  Coming Attractions
  Definitions
  Axis
  Summary: Axis
  Axis Deviation, Hypertrophy, and Enlargement
  Atrial Enlargement
  Summary: Atrial Enlargement
  Ventricular Hypertrophy
  Secondary Repolarization Abnormalities of Ventricular Hypertrophy
  Summary: Ventricular Hypertrophy
  Case 1
  Case 2
  Clinical Manifestations of Arrhythmias
  Why Arrhythmias Happen
  Rhythm Strips
  How to Determine the Heart Rate From the EKG
  Five Basic Types of Arrhythmias
  Arrhythmias of Sinus Origin
  Summary: Arrhythmias of Sinus Origin
  Ectopic Rhythms
  Reentrant Rhythms
  Four Questions
  Supraventricular Arrhythmias
  Summary: Supraventricular Arrhythmias
  Ventricular Arrhythmias
  Summary: Ventricular Arrhythmias
  Supraventricular Versus Ventricular Arrhythmias
  Summary: Ventricular Tachycardia Versus PSVT With Aberrancy
  Programmed Electrical Stimulation
  Implantable Defibrillators
  External Defibrillators
  Case 3
  Case 4
  Case S
  What Is a Conduction Block?
  AV Blocks
  Summary: AV Blocks
  Bundle Branch Block
  Summary: Bundle Branch Block
  Hemiblocks
  Combining Right Bundle Branch Block and Hemiblocks
  Blocks That Underachieve
  Ultimate in Playing With Blocks: Combining AV Blocks, Right Bundle Branch Block, and Hemiblocks
  Pacemakers
  Case 6
  Case 7
  Case 8
  What Is Preexcitation?
  Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome
  Lown Ganong Levine Syndrome
  Associated Arrhythmias
  Summary: Preexcitation
  Case 9
  What Is a Myocardial Infarction?
  How to Diagnose a Myocardial Infarction
  Summary: The EKG Changes of an Evolving Myocardial Infarction
  Localizing the Infarct
  Non Q-Wave Myocardial Infarctions
  Apical Ballooning Syndrome
  Angina
  Summary: The ST Segment in Ischemic Cardiac Disease
  Limitations of the EKG in Diagnosing an Infarction
  Stress Testing
  Case 10
  Case 11
  Electrolyte Disturbances
  Hypothermia
  Drugs
  More on the QT Interval
  Other Cardiac Disorders
  Pulmonary Disorders
  Central Nervous System Disease
  Sudden Cardiac Death
  Athlete's Heart
  Preparticipation Screening for Athletes
  Sleep Disorders
  Preoperative Evaluation
  Summary: Miscellaneous Conditions
  Case 12
  Case 13
  11-Step Method for Reading EKGs
  Review Charts.