Clues to Heart Disease in Young Adults
by George A. Stouffer MD
Practical ECG Interpretation draws on Dr. Stouffer's clinical experience to identify specific tracings and findings that will aid diagnosis of a wide variety of disorders, including atrial spetal defect, mitral stenosis, pericarditis, and more.
The carefully chosen examples stimulate clinical curiosity as they convey important information.
Contents
The Basics of Electrocardiography � A Brief Introduction to the Essentials
- Action Potentials
- Anatomy and Blood Supply of the Conduction System
- Normal Conduction and Complexes
- Electrodes and Leads
Helpful Hints in Interpreting ECGs in Young Adults
- Normal Rhythm and Rate
- Determining Axis and Intervals
- Effects of Electrolyte Abnormalities on ECG
- ECG Clues to the Presence of Hemodynamically Significant Congenital or Valvular Heart Disease in Young Adults
- ECG Clues to the Presence of an Increased Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Adults
Specific ECG Tracings and Diagnoses
Conduction System Disease
- Atrial Flutter with 1:1 Conduction
- Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entry Tachycardia
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Tachycardia
- Brugada Syndrome
- Complete Heart Block
- Long QT Syndrome
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Wolff�Parkinson�White Syndrome
Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension and Valvular Heart Disease
- Atrial Septal Defect � Secundum
- Atrial Septal Defect � Primum
- Dextrocardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Ventricular Septal Defect
- Mitral Stenosis
- Aortic Insufficiency
- Pulmonic Stenosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
Coronary Artery Disease, Pericarditis and Cardiomyopathies
- Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
- Anterior Myocardial Infarction
- Inferior-Posterior Myocardial Infarction
- Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction with Existing Bundle Branch Block
- Pericarditis
Cardiovascular Manifestations of Systemic Diseases
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Intracerebral Bleed
- Pulmonary Embolus
- Hyperthyroidism
Miscellaneous
- Hyperkalemia
- Early Repolarization
- P-Pulmonale
- Digoxin Toxicity
- Atrial Myxoma
- Hypothermia
Index
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