Small Animal ECGs E-Book

Mike Martin

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 225

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Small Animal ECGs: An Introductory Guide provides all the information veterinarians need when using electrocardiography techniques for the first time.

• An ideal introduction to veterinary electrocardiography written in a very easy to understand way, for what can be a daunting subject

• The author is RCVS Recognised Specialist in Veterinary Cardiology and regularly speaks on this subject

• Full of examples of colour ECG tracings, as well as colour illustrations to explain arrhythmias

• Covers techniques that can readily be used in first opinion small animal practice

• Includes new chapters on mechanisms of supraventricular arrhythmias, accelerated idioventricular rhythm and use of Holters

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright

Preface to third edition

About the author

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Part 1: Understanding the electricity of the heart and how it produces an ECG complex

Chapter 1: What is an ECG?

Chapter 2: The electricity of the heart

Electrical coordination of atrioventricular contraction

Formation of the normal P–QRS–T complex

Nomenclature of the QRS complex

Chapter 3: Rhythms of sinus origin

Rhythms of sinus origin

Part 2: Abnormal electricity of the heart

Chapter 4: Recognising and understanding ectopia

4.1 Recognising and understanding ectopia

4.2 First identify the morphology of the

normal

QRS complex

Chapter 5: Ventricular arrhythmias

Ventricular arrhythmias

Ventricular fibrillation (VF)

Ventricular escape rhythms

Accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR)

Chapter 6: Supraventricular arrhythmias

Supraventricular arrhythmias

Atrioventricular dissociation

Atrial fibrillation

Junctional escape rhythms

Chapter 7: Abnormalities in the conduction system

Sinus arrest

Sick sinus syndrome

Atrial standstill

Heart block

Complete (third-degree) AV block

Ventricular standstill

Asystole

Chapter 8: Changes in the P–QRS–T morphology

Wandering pacemaker

Changes associated with chamber enlargement

Left atrial enlargement

Right atrial enlargement

Left ventricular enlargement

Right ventricular enlargement

Low-voltage QRS complexes

Electrical alternans

Q–T interval abnormalities

S–T segment abnormalities

Abnormalities of the T wave

Hyperkalaemia

Part 3: More advanced electrocardiography

Chapter 9: Understanding the ECG limb lead systems

The six ECG limb leads

Chapter 10: Mean electrical axis (MEA) explained

Understanding the mean electrical axis (MEA)

How to calculate the mean electrical axis

Chapter 11: Intraventricular conduction defects

Anatomy of the bundle branches

Right bundle branch block

Left bundle branch block

Left anterior fascicular block

Broad QRS complex tachycardia

Ashman's phenomenon

Chapter 12: Supraventricular arrhythmias: in-depth

Supraventricular arrhythmias in dogs: in-depth

Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia

Focal atrial tachycardia

Part 4: Management, clinical significance and treatment of arrhythmias

Chapter 13: Management of arrhythmias

1. Does the arrhythmia suggest the presence of an underlying condition?

2. Is the arrhythmia of primary clinical significance?

The decision on treatment of arrhythmias

Chapter 14: Clinical significance and treatment of tachyarrhythmias

Sinus tachycardia

Supraventricular arrhythmias

Atrial fibrillation

Ventricular arrhythmias

Accelerated idioventricular rhythm (AIVR)

Ventricular fibrillation (VF)

Chapter 15: Clinical significance and treatment of bradyarrhythmias

Sinus bradycardia

Sinus arrest

Sick sinus syndrome (sinus node dysfunction)

Atrial standstill

AV (heart) block

Bundle branch block

Part 5: Recording and interpreting ECGs

Chapter 16: Approach to interpretation of the ECG recording