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Preface to the 6th edition
Acknowledgments
Contents
1 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
LOCATION, SIZE, AND SHAPEOFTHEHEART
SURFACES OF THE HEART
COVERINGS OF THE HEART
STRUCTURE OF THE HEART
THE HEART AS A PUMP
2 BASIC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY
CARDIAC CELLS
CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL
CONDUCTION SYSTEM
CAUSES OF DYSRHYTHMIAS
THE ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY PAPER
SYSTEMATIC RHYTHM INTERPRETATION
3 SINUS MECHANISMS
INTRODUCTION
SINUS RHYTHM
SINUS BRADYCARDIA
SINUS TACHYCARDIA
SINUS ARRHYTHMIA
SINOATRIAL BLOCK
SINUS ARREST
4 ATRIAL RHYTHMS
INTRODUCTION
ATRIAL DYSRHYTHMIAS: MECHANISMS
PREMATURE ATRIAL COMPLEXES
WANDERING ATRIAL PACEMAKER
MULTIFOCAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA
SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
ATRIAL FLUTTER
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
5 JUNCTIONAL RHYTHMS
INTRODUCTION
PREMATURE JUNCTIONAL COMPLEXES
JUNCTIONAL ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM
ACCELERATED JUNCTIONAL RHYTHM
JUNCTIONAL TACHYCARDIA
6 VENTRICULAR RHYTHMS
INTRODUCTION
PREMATURE VENTRICULAR COMPLEXES
VENTRICULAR ESCAPE BEATS OR RHYTHM
ACCELERATED IDIOVENTRICULAR RHYTHM
VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA
VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION
ASYSTOLE (CARDIAC STANDSTILL)
7 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS
INTRODUCTION
FIRST-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKS
SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULARBLOCK TYPE I
SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCKTYPE II
2:1 ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
ADVANCED SECOND-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
THIRD-DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK
B PACEMAKER RHYTHMS
PACEMAKER SYSTEMS
PACING CHAMBERS AND MODES
PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION
ANALYZING PACEMAKER FUNCTION ON THE ECG
9 INTRODUCTION TO THE 12-LEAD ECG
INTRODUCTION
LAYOUT OF THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
VECTORS
ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES
INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DELAYS
CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT
ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCES
ANALYZING THE 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM
10 POSlTEST
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