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The ECG Made Easy

  • 8th Edition - August 27, 2013
  • Latest edition
  • Author: John Hampton
  • Language: English

For forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into a dozen lan… Read more

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For forty years The ECG Made Easy has been regarded as the best introductory guide to the ECG, with sales of over half a million copies as well as being translated into a dozen languages. Hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", it has been a favourite of generations of medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG. This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient’s history and performing a physical examination. It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns.

Key features

  • A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject.
  • Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms.
  • Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings.
  • The unique page size allows presentation of all 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity.

Readership

• Medical students • Nursing students • Paramedics • Cardiac technicians

Table of contents

The basics of the ECG

  • What the ECG is about
  • Conduction and its problems
  • The rhythm of the heart
  • Abnormalities of P waves, QRS complexes and T waves

Making the most of the ECG

  • The ECG in healthy subjects
  • The ECG in patients with chest pain and breathlessness
  • The ECG in patients with palpitations and syncope
    • Now test yourself
    • Review quotes

      "This pocket sized hero, the epitome of the medical classic, explains the ‘three Rs’ – rate, rhythm and right (or left) cardiac axis – in plain English and with elegant diagrams."

      British Medical Journal

      ‘This excellent little book…is undoubtedly suited to medical students and junior house staff who are anxious to obtain a basic understanding of the ECG in a short time.’

      European Heart Journal

      "The ECG Made Easy has for some time been the pocket reference for junior doctors... invaluable in a clinical setting."

      Nursing Standard

      "A godsend to thousands of practising physicians and surgeons who have never mastered the ECG, but always felt they should have done."

      European Medical Journal

      Product details

      • Edition: 8
      • Latest edition
      • Published: September 17, 2013
      • Language: English

      About the author

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      John Hampton

      John Hampton is Emeritus Professor of Cardiology at University of Nottingham, UK.
      Affiliations and expertise
      Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, University of Nottingham, UK