RT Book, Section
A1 Bayés de Luna, Antoni
A1 Goldwasser, Diego
A1 Fiol, Miquel
A1 Bayés-Genis, Antoni
A2 Fuster, Valentin
A2 Harrington, Robert A.
A2 Narula, Jagat
A2 Eapen, Zubin J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1161724804
T1 SURFACE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
T2 Hurst's The Heart, 14e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071843249
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1161724804
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  surface  electrocardiogram  (ECG),  introduced  more  than  100  years  ago  by  Willem  Einthoven,  is  the  most  common  technique  for  the  study  of  heart  diseases.  It  is  very  useful  for  the  evaluation  of  acute  chest  pain,  palpitations,  syncope,  and  acute  dyspnea,  and  it  is  the  gold  standard  for  the  diagnosis  of  cardiac  arrhythmias,  conduction  disturbances,  preexcitation  syndromes,  channelopathies,  and  some  aspects  of  acute  ischemic  heart  disease  (IHD).  Additionally,  it  is  a  fundamental  tool  to  assess  the  evolution  of  heart  diseases,  in  particular  ischemic  diseases,  as  well  as  in  situations  such  as  electrolyte  disorders  and  drug  therapy.  It  is  also  useful  for  epidemiologic  studies  and  for  screening  and  evaluation  of  athletes.