The Unofficial Guide to ECGs
- 1st Edition - December 20, 2022
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- Editors: Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi, Zeshan Qureshi, Alex Hobson, Senthil Kirubakaran
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 1 8 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 2 8 3 - 7
The unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understan… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe unique and award-winning Unofficial Guides series is a collaboration between senior students, junior doctors and specialty experts. This combination of contributors understands what is essential to excel on your course, in exams and in practice – as well as the importance of presenting information in a clear, fun and engaging way. Packed with hints and tips from those in the know, when you are in a hurry and need a study companion you can trust, reach for an Unofficial Guide.
The Unofficial Guide to ECGs is a straightforward yet complete guide to interpreting ECGs and easily translating this knowledge to clinical contexts.
Edited by experts in cardiology, the book systematically goes through how an ECG is performed and what every part of the ECG tracing represents. It covers common conditions associated with ECG changes and explains the underlying pathophysiology of why these changes occur. An extensive collection of 40 clinical cases with fully annotated ECGs and 120 MCQs are included to allow readers to practise ECG interpretation.
Primarily aimed at medical students, this new book will also be useful for all those who may need to brush up on ECGs, including junior doctors, nurses, paramedics, physicians’ associates and advanced nurse practitioners.
- Clearly defined and systematic structure that is accessible to new learners
- Explanations for every component of an ECG tracing and their changes to aid understanding and memorisation
- 40 cases with real-life ECGs, ranging in difficulty from beginner to advanced, and clinically-focused questions for the reader to test themselves
- Real-life fully annotated ECG images to clearly highlight features of ECG changes
- 120 MCQs with detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers alongside annotated and unannotated ECGs
- A handy quick reference guide at the end of book covers ECG basics and important changes for rapid revision on the wards
Medical Students
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Series Editor Foreword
- Introduction
- Contributors
- 1. ECG Basics
- What are ECGS?
- The Utility of ECGS
- Normal Pacemakers and Heart Conduction
- ECG Paper Basics
- ECG OF a Single Heart Beat
- Electrode Placement
- Leads and the 12-Lead ECG
- Types of ECG Recordings
- Presenting an ECG
- 2. Rate and Rhythm
- Overview
- Normal Variants
- Regular Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
- Irregular Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
- Regular Broad-Complex Tachycardia
- Irregular Broad-Complex Tachycardia
- Bradycardias
- Ectopic Beats
- 3. The Cardiac Axis
- Overview
- Axis Deviation
- 4. P Wave
- Overview
- 5. PR Segment
- Overview
- Atrioventricular Block
- First-Degree Heart Block
- Second-Degree Heart Block
- Third-Degree Heart Block
- 6. QRS Complex
- Overview
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Pericardial Effusion
- Bundle Branch Block
- Right Bundle Branch Block
- Left Bundle Branch Block
- Left Anterior Fascicular Block
- Left Posterior Fascicular Block
- Bifascicular Block
- Trifascicular Block
- Pulmonary Embolism
- 7. QT Interval
- Overview
- Hypercalcaemia
- Hypocalcaemia
- 8. ST Segment
- Overview
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- STEMI
- Myocardial Ischaemia and NSTEMI
- Pericarditis
- Brugada Syndrome
- Digoxin
- 9. T Wave
- Overview
- Hyperkalaemia
- 10. Abnormal Extra Waves
- U Wave
- Hypokalaemia
- Delta Waves and Pre-Excitation
- Osborn Wave
- Pacemakers
- Normal ECG Variants
- 11. Cases
- Case 1 – QUESTIONS
- Case 2 – QUESTIONS
- Case 3 – QUESTIONS
- Case 4 – QUESTIONS
- Case 5 – QUESTIONS
- Case 6 – QUESTIONS
- Case 7 – QUESTIONS
- Case 8 – QUESTIONS
- Case 9 – QUESTIONS
- Case 10 – QUESTIONS
- Case 11 – QUESTIONS
- Case 12 – QUESTIONS
- Case 13 – QUESTIONS
- Case 14 – QUESTIONS
- Case 15 – QUESTIONS
- Case 16 – QUESTIONS
- Case 17 – QUESTIONS
- Case 18 – QUESTIONS
- Case 19 – QUESTIONS
- Case 20 – QUESTIONS
- Case 21 – QUESTIONS
- Case 22 – QUESTIONS
- Case 23 – QUESTIONS
- Case 24 – QUESTIONS
- Case 25 – QUESTIONS
- Case 26 – QUESTIONS
- Case 27 – QUESTIONS
- Case 28 – QUESTIONS
- Case 29 – QUESTIONS
- Case 30 – QUESTIONS
- Case 31 – QUESTIONS
- Case 32 – QUESTIONS
- Case 33 – QUESTIONS
- Case 34 – QUESTIONS
- Case 35 – QUESTIONS
- Case 36 – QUESTIONS
- Case 37 – QUESTIONS
- Case 38 – QUESTIONS
- Case 39 – QUESTIONS
- Case 40 – QUESTIONS
- Case 1 – ANSWERS
- Case 2 – ANSWERS
- Case 3 – ANSWERS
- Case 4 – ANSWERS
- Case 5 – ANSWERS
- Case 6 – ANSWERS
- Case 7 – ANSWERS
- Case 8 – ANSWERS
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- Case 10 – ANSWERS
- Case 11 – ANSWERS
- Case 12 – ANSWERS
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- Case 15 – ANSWERS
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- Case 20 – ANSWERS
- Case 21
- Case 22 – ANSWERS
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- Case 24 – ANSWERS
- Case 25 – ANSWERS
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- Case 28 – ANSWERS
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- Case 30 – ANSWERS
- Case 31 – ANSWERS
- Case 32 – ANSWERS
- Case 33 – ANSWERS
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- Case 35 – ANSWERS
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- Case 37 – ANSWERS
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- Case 40 – ANSWERS
- 12. Quick Reference Guide
- Ecg Basics (Figs 12.1–12.3)
- Interpretation Structure
- Case List
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 20, 2022
- Imprint: UGTM (Unofficial Guide to Medicine)
- No. of pages: 250
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323931892
- eBook ISBN: 9780323932837
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Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi
Ali B.A.K. Al-Hadithi, MB BChir, MA(Cantab), MRCP(UK), AFHEA, PGCert (Med Ed)
Academic Clinical Fellow (Cardiology and Internal Medicine), University of Cambridge;
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
United Kingdom.
Affiliations and expertise
Academic Clinical Fellow (Cardiology and Internal Medicine), University of Cambridge; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, USAZQ
Zeshan Qureshi
Zeshan Qureshi is a Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UK
Affiliations and expertise
Paediatric Registrar, London Deanery, UKAH
Alex Hobson
Alex R Hobson, MBBS, BSc (Hons), MD (Res), FRCP
Department of Cardiology
Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust;
British Cardiovascular Intervention Society
United Kingdom
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Cardiology, Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust; British Cardiovascular Intervention Society, UKSK
Senthil Kirubakaran
Senthil Kirubakaran, MD, FRCP, FHRS
Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust
United Kingdom
Affiliations and expertise
Portsmouth University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK