12-lead EKG confidence : a step-by-step guide /
Tweleve-lead EKG confidence
Jacqueline M. Green, Anthony J. Chiaramida.
- 2nd ed.
- New York, NY : Springer Pub., c2009.
- xvii, 425 p. : ill. ; 20x27 cm.
Includes index.
Anatomy review of the human heart -- Physiology review of the heart's conduction system -- Basics of the 12-lead EKG -- Heart rate -- The PR, QRS, and QT intervals -- Axis : the science of direction -- Atrial arrhythmias -- Ventricular arrhythmias -- Junctional rhythm, heart block, and pacemakers -- Hemiblock -- Right bundle branch block -- Left bundle branch block -- The partially-occluded artery angina and non-ST elevation MI -- The totally occluded artery ST elevation MI -- Prolonged arterial occlusion Q waves and equivalents -- Atrial abnormalities -- Left ventricular hypertrophy -- Right ventricular hypertrophy -- Drug and electrolyte effects -- Clinical conditions that affect the EKG.