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Goldberger's Clinical Electrocardiography

A Simplified Approach

  • 9th Edition - March 19, 2017
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Ary L. Goldberger, Zachary D. Goldberger, Alexei Shvilkin
  • Language: English

Ideal for students and as a review for practicing clinicians, Goldberger's Clinical Electrocardiography explains the fundamentals of ECG interpretation and analysis, helping f… Read more

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Ideal for students and as a review for practicing clinicians, Goldberger's Clinical Electrocardiography explains the fundamentals of ECG interpretation and analysis, helping facilitate an understanding of rhythm disorders and the relevant clinical outcomes. The authors take readers through the nuts and bolts of ECG, using Dr. Ary Goldberger’s award-winning teaching style to clarify complex concepts in an easy-to-read manner. You'll learn simple waveform analysis and beyond to present ECGs as they are used in hospital wards, outpatient clinics, emergency departments, and most especially intensive care units — where the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns is the starting point in patient care.

Key features

  • Includes Clinical Pearls and Review Points
    •  in each chapter, as well as indispensable self-tests on interpreting and using ECGs to formulate diagnoses.
  • Covers the nuts and bolts of ECG, explaining how to read the data and then interpret the subsequent clinical findings.
  • Features practical, comprehensive coverage of the true-to-life clinical appearance of ECGs.
  • Provides ECG differential diagnoses so you can answer the question, "What else could it be?"

Table of contents

PART ONE: Basic Principles and Patterns

1. Essential Concepts: What is an ECG?

2. ECG Basics: Waves, Intervals, and Segments

3. How to Make Basic Measurements

4. ECG Leads 

5. The Normal ECG 

6. Electrical Axis and Axis Deviation 

7. Atrial and Ventricular Enlargement 

8. Ventricular Conduction Disturbances: Bundle Branch Blocks and Related Abnormalities

9. Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia, Part I: ST Segment Elevation and Q Wave Syndromes 

10. Myocardial Infarction and Ischemia, Part II: Non-ST Segment Elevation and Non–Q Wave Syndromes 

11. Drug Effects, Electrolyte Abnormalities, and Metabolic Effects 

12. Pericardial, Myocardial, and Pulmonary Syndromes 

PART TWO: Cardiac Rhythm Disturbances

13. Sinus and Escape Rhythms 

14. Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Part I: Premature Beats and Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardias (PSVTs) 

15. Supraventricular Arrhythmias, Part II: Atrial Flutter and Atrial Fibrillation 

16. Ventricular Arrhythmias

17. AV Conduction Abnormalities, Part I: Delays, Blocks, and Dissociation Syndromes

18. AV Conduction Abnormalities, Part II: Preexcitation (Wolff-Parkinson-White) Patterns and Syndromes

PART THREE: Special Topics and Reviews

19. Bradycardias and Tachycardias: Review and Differential Diagnosis 

20. Digitalis Toxicity

21. Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Sudden Cardiac Death 

22. Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators: Essentials for Clinicians 

23. Interpreting ECGs: An Integrative Approach 

24. Limitations and Uses of the ECG 

25. ECG Differential Diagnoses: Instant Replays 

Review quotes

"Wherever one is within their medical training ... this book is an effective companion aid for ECGs."

"This is an exceptional reference for providers and trainees of multiple levels who are interested or involved in EKG interpretation." Reviewed by Samy Abdelghani, MD (Oschner Clinic Foundation) for Doody's Review Service

"The 9th Edition of Goldberger’s Clinical Electrocardiography – A Simplified Approach eloquently covers all aspects of ECGs, from essential concepts to specialised topics. Wherever one is within their medical training, whether as a medical student, trainee or specialist, this book is an effective companion aid for ECGs. For medical students, it provides an in-depth understanding of basic concepts and then common abnormalities -brilliant preparation for exams! For more experienced trainees, it is a perfect reference, full of clinical examples, diagnoses and management tips. Furthermore, it covers a vast range of specialist areas, ensuring it is a valuable tool for even the most experienced cardiologist." Reviewed by Nikita P Punjabi, Nikhil Sahdev, and Prakash P Punja for Perfusion (2017, Volume 32(8) 709)

"The basic principles introduce standard ECG terminology, measurements, and definitions with clarity and precision necessary for initial knowledge accumulation; these chapters also include some introductory perspective on spatial-vector principles that is ultimately necessary for more intuitive understanding of the ECG.... For both initial parts of the text, clinical perspectives that include treatment options provide additional practical orientation that also will benefit more experienced electrocardiographers, so this is not just a book for introductory students." Reviewed by Paul Kligfield, MD (Weil Cornell Medical College) for Journal of Electrocardiology

Product details

  • Edition: 9
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 2, 2017
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Ary L. Goldberger

Ary L. Goldberger, MD, FACC, is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Margret and HA Rey Institute for Nonlinear Dynamics in Physiology and Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

ZG

Zachary D. Goldberger

Zachary D. Goldberger, MD, FACC, FHRS, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine and Public Health’s Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Electrophysiology at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wisconsin.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine/Electrophysiology, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

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Alexei Shvilkin

Alexei Shvilkin, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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