The ECG, A Two-Step Approach to Diagnosis

Professor Gertsch covers both clinically relevant ECGs and very interesting rarer cases of the normal and the exercise ECG, making this work extremely comprehensive - it represents the culmination of a lifetime of involvement with invasive and non-invasive cardiology by one of Switzerland's leading cardiologists. Numerous ECGs and two-color drawings illustrate the text, which is also brought closer to the reader by means of over fifty case reports. Ease of reference is facilitated by the division of the text into separate sections: "At a Glance" for readers who want quick information, and "The Full Picture" for readers wishing to go into exhaustive detail. Foreword by Christopher Cannon.
Contents

SECTION I - THEORETICAL BASICS AND PRACTICAL APPROACH 1. Theoretical Basics 2. Practical Approach SECTION II - PATTERN ECG 3. The Normal ECG and its (Normal) Variants 4. Atrial Enlargement 5. Left Ventricular Hypertrophy 6. Right Ventricular Hypertrophy 7. Biventricular Hypertrophy 8. Acute and Subacute Pulmonary Embolism 9. Fascicular Blocks 10. Bundle-Branch Blocks (Complete and Incomplete) 11. Bilateral Blocks 12. Atrioventricular Block and Dissociation 13. Myocardial Infarction 14. Differential Diagnosis of Pathologic Q Waves 15. Acute and Chronic Pericarditis 16. Electrolyte Imbalances and Disturbances 17. Alterations of Repolarization SECTION III - ARRHYTHMIAS 18. Atrial Premature Beats 19. Atrial Tachycardias 20. Atrial Flutter 21. Atrial Fibrillation 22. Sick Sinus Syndrome 23. AV Junctional Tachycardias (without WPW Syndrome) 24. The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome 25. Ventricular Premature Beats 26. Ventricular Tachycardias SECTION IV - SPECIAL TOPICS 27. Exercise ECG 28. Pacemaker ECG 29. Congenital Heart Disease 30. Digitalis Intoxication 31. Special Waves, Signs and Phenomena 32. Rare ECGs