With a step-by-step method for accurate interpretation of the ECG, this third edition of Rapid ECG Interpretation describes a systematic approach consistent with the changes in cardiology practice over the past decade. This edition contains over 320 ECGs and instructive illustrations, including 81 new ECG tracings. It sets out clear and concise 11-step methods in a user-friendly, synopsis format. The book also gives all diagnostic ECG criteria with relevant and instructive ECGs, providing a quick review or refresher for proficiency tests and for physicians preparing for the ECG section of the Cardiovascular Diseases Board Examination.

More than 320 ECGs and instructive illustrations Systematic step-by-step approach that provides steps consistent with the changes in practice from the last decade New chapter to aid in preparing for the ECG Board Assessment Quiz Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Dr. M. Gabriel Khan is a cardiologist at the Ottawa Hospital and an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, Canada. He graduated MB, BCh, with First-Class Honors at The Queen's University of Belfast, was appointed Staff Physician in charge of a Clinical Teaching Unit at the Ottawa General Hospital and is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Physicians, and the Royal College of Physicians of London and Canada.

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The ECG is the oldest cardiologic test, but even 100 years after its inception, it continues as the most commonly used cardiologic test. Despite the advent of expensive and sophisticated alternatives, the ECG remains the most reliable tool for the conÞrmation of acute myocardial infarction (MI). The ECG -- not the CK-MB, troponins, echocardiogram, or SPECT or PET scan -- dictates the timely administration of lifesaving PCI or thrombolytic therapy. There is no test to rival the ECG in the diagnosis of arrhythmias, which is a common and bothersome clinical cardiologic problem. In this new third edition, Rapid ECG Interpretation presents a systematic step-by-step approach that provides protocols consistent with changes in cardiology practice over the past decade. All diagnostic ECG criteria are given with relevant and instructive ECGs, providing a quick review or refresher for proficiency tests and for physicians preparing for the ECG section of the Cardiovascular Diseases Board Examination. Among the additions to this new edition is a new chapter, ECG Board Assessment Quiz, whichh provides 81 selected ECG tracings which should sharpen the skills of all who which to Interpret ECGs.

Authoratative and timely, Rapid ECG Interpretation, Third Edition, is an essestial reference for cardiologists, cardiology fellows, internists, residents in internal medicine, family practicioners, and residents in family practice.

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Basic Concepts.- Step-by-Step Method for Accurate Electrocardiogram Interpretation.- P Wave Abnormalities.- Bundle Branch Block.- ST Segment Abnormalities.- Q Wave Abnormalities.- Atrial and Ventricular Hypertrophy.- T Wave Abnormalities.- Electrical Axis and Fascicular Block.- Miscellaneous Conditions.- Arrhythmias.- ECG Board Self-Assessment Quiz.