P. Macfarlane – Comprehensive Electrocardiology

Автор: P. Macfarlane
Название книги: Comprehensive Electrocardiology
Формат: PDF
Жанр: Электрокардиология сердца
Страницы: 2310
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

New edition of the classic complete reference book for cardiologists and trainee cardiologists on the theory and practice of electrocardiography, one of the key modalities used for evaluating cardiology patients and deciding on appropriate management strategies.

The first edition of Comprehensive Electrocardiology was published in, when e-mail was still in its infancy (!!), and
it was never envisaged at that time that a new edition would be prepared. It is probably fair to say that the majority of
physicians would have regarded electrocardiography in particular as having reached its maximum usefulness with little
additional information to be obtained therefrom.The intervening years have shown how untrue this was.
An update to the book is long overdue. Sadly, some of the former contributors have died since the first edition was
published and it is with regret that I note the passing of Philippe Coumel, Rudolph van Dam, David Detweiler, Karel den
Dulk, Ramesh Gulrajani, Kenici Harumi, John Milliken, JosWillems and Christoph Zywietz.Where relevant, their contributions
continue to be acknowledged but in some cases, chapters have been completely rewritten by new contributors.
On the other hand, eight completely new chapters have been added and the appendices restructured.
In some ways, it is inconceivable what has taken place in the field of electrocardiology since the first edition. NewECG
patterns have been recognised and linked with sudden death, new prognostic indices have been developed and evaluated,
the ECG has assumed a pivotal role in the treatment of an acute coronary syndrome and among many other things,
automated ECG interpretation is now commonplace. Significant advances have been made in the field of mathematical
modelling and a solution to the inverse problem is now applied in routine clinical use. Electrophysiological studies have
taken giant steps over the past years and biventricular pacing is a relatively recent innovation. Electrocardiology has
certainly not stood still in the last years. Of course there have been parallel advances in imaging techniques but the
ECG still retains a unique position in the armamentarium of the physician, let alone the cardiologist.