Electrocardiography of Arrhythmias

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Atrial arrhythmias.

In adults a tachycardia is any heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute. Supraventricular tachycardias may be divided into two distinct groups depending on whether they arise from the atria or the atrioventricular junction. This article will consider those arising from the atria: sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia. Tachycardias arising from re-ent...

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Paediatric electrocardiography.

Electrocardiography

Turner, O.B.E., M.A., M.D., F.R.GP., F.R.C.P.E. (Pp. viii + 155; figs. 177. 20s.) Edinburgh and London: E. & S. Livingstone, 1963. THIS book is a collection of articles on "Clinical Electrocardiography in General Practice" published by the author in the Practitioner in 1962. It is intended for those who wish to learn some of the elementary principles of a complicated subject. The value and limi...

Electrocardiography

serves as a corroborator of clinical observations, and not as the sole means of making the diagnosis, the criticism is not justified. This conclusion applies to electrocardiography that has now been established as a standard part of cardiovascular diagnosis. The publication of another edition of Dr. Maher's treatise within two years shows its popularity. The book begins with a brief resume of t...

Diagnosis of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrocardiography

Les signes clectrocardiographiques classiques nc sont pas toujours suMisants pour ·le diagnostic de la tachycardie ventriculaire. Nous avons insiste d'une part sur !'importance diagnostique des complex de ca· ptures et d'auters part sur l'import.anre des procedcs nouveux Tels :  1- Enrcgishemcnt du potentiel du faisreau de  2- Stimulation references endocavitaire.