Teaches the EKG as a practical tool used to formulate comprehensive, well-informed interpretations in any clinical setting. This text helps to develop sophisticated analytical skills by implementing axis methodology presented in a step-by-step manner. It covers topics from basic anatomy to the effects of drugs and electrolytes on readings.

Copiously illustrated and written in a friendly and supportive tone, this self-study text and workbook teaches the EKG as a practical tool used to formulate comprehensive, well-informed interpretations in any clinical setting. Readers learn to develop sophisticated analytical skills by implementing axis methodology presented in a step-by-step manner, along with hundreds of practice EKGs and full answers at the end of each chapter.

1 Some Basic Anatomy 2 The History and Workings of the EKG 3 The Electrical System 4 Heart Rate 5 Correct Measurement of Intervals 6 How to Measure Axis 7 The P Wave 8 The QRS Axis (Hemiblock) 9 Right Bundle Branch Block 10 Left Bundle Brach Block 11 The T Axis 12 The ST Axis (ST Segment Depression) 13 The ST Axis (ST Segment Elevation) 14 The Q Wave Axis (Inferior Infarction) 15 The Q Wave Axis (Anterior Infarction) 16 Atrial Abnormalities 17 Left Ventricular Hypertrophy 18
Right Ventricular Hypertrophy 19 Drug and Electrolyte Effects 20 Test of Unknown