Twelve-Lead Electrocardiography

Abstract

2nd ed. Revised edition of: Twelve-lead electrocardiography for ACLS providers / D. Bruce Foster. c1996. Essential cardiac anatomy and physiology as it relates to the electrocardiogram -- Electrocardiographic waveforms -- Cardiac vectors and lead systems -- Derivation of the normal electrocardiogram -- Electrical axis -- Intraventricular conduction delays: the hemiblocks -- Intraventricular conduction delays: the bundle branch blocks -- Chamber enlargement -- Myocardial infarction -- Ischemia and anginal syndromes -- The electrocardiogram and the clinical evaluation of chest pain -- The advanced cardiac life support provider and therapeutic interventions in acute myocardial infarction -- Miscellaneous conditions -- Case presentations.