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For over forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into more than a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient’s history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns.Key Features• A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject.• Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms.• Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings.• The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity. Title Page Table of Contents Copyright How to use this book Part 1: The ECG made very easy indeed: a beginner's guide Part 2: The basics: the fundamentals of ECG recording, reporting and interpretation Part 3: Making the most of the ECG: the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs Part 4: Now test yourself Quick reminders Further reading Preface Part 1 The ECG made very easy indeed: a beginner's guide 1 The ECG made very easy indeed What is an ECG? When do you need an ECG? How to record an ECG? How to interpret an ECG: the basics Rhythms you must be able to recognize Patterns you must be able to recognize The normal ECG and its variants ECG red flags Part 2 The basics: the fundamentals of ECG recording, reporting and interpretation 2 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 of the QRS complex Making a recording – practical points How to report an ECG 3 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 the distal parts of the left bundle branch What to do 4 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 Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome The origins of tachycardias What to do The Identification of Rhythm Abnormalities 5 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 Other abnormalities of the ST segment and the T wave Part 3 Making the most of the ECG: the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs 6 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 7 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 with breathlessness 8 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 Part 4 Now test yourself 9 ECGs you must be able to recognize ECG descriptions and interpretations Index Quick Reminder Guide When reporting an ECG, remember What to Look for Glossary This popular practical text provides a readable guide to ECG interpretation, with an emphasis on straightforward application. It is written in simple language to demystify the subject, and now includes sample 12-lead ECGs for reference. For over forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into more than a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient's history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns. A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject. Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms. Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings. The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity. A new opening chapter entitled `The ECG made very easy' distils the bare essentials of using an ECG in clinical practice with minimal theory and maximum practicality. The second part explains the theory underpinning the recording of an ECG in order to start basic interpretation of the 12 leads. The third part looks at the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs in patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations and syncope as well as understanding the normal variations in ECGs recorded from healthy subjects

For over forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into more than a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient’s history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns.

• A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject.
• Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms.
• Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings.
• The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity.

• A new opening chapter entitled ‘The ECG made very easy’ distils the bare essentials of using an ECG in clinical practice with minimal theory and maximum practicality.
• The second part explains the theory underpinning the recording of an ECG in order to start basic interpretation of the 12 leads.
• The third part looks at the clinical interpretation of individual ECGs in patients with chest pain, breathlessness, palpitations and syncope as well as understanding the normal variations in ECGs recorded from healthy subjects.

For over forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into more than a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient’s history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns. Key Features A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject. Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms. Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings. The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity. This highly respected and famous book is a simple, readable guide to the accurate identification and interpretation of abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns, written for medical students, nurses and junior doctors. The emphasis throughout is on the straightforward practical application of the ECG. Generations of medical and health care staff have benefited from its clear-cut approach to this important investigation...[more on The ECG Made Easy from publisher](http://shop.elsevier.com.au/ISBN/9780443068171/The-ECG-Made-Easy" more from publisher") - A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult yet essential subject in medicine and multiple AHPs. - Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms. - Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings. - The unique page size allows presentation of 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity. N/A