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<p>Preface by <i>Prof. Antoni Bayés de Luna</i> vii</p> <p>Preface by <i>Drs Miquel Fiol</i><i>‐</i><i>Sala, Antoni Bayes</i><i>‐</i><i>Gen</i><i>í</i><i>s,</i> and <i>Adrián Baranchuk </i>viii</p> <p>Foreword by <i>Dr Marcelo V. Elizari</i> ix</p> <p>Foreword by <i>Dr Pedro Brugada</i> xi</p> <p>Recommended Reading xiii</p> <p><b>Part 1 Introductory Aspects</b></p> <p>1 The Electrical Activity of the Heart 3</p> <p>2 The History of Electrocardiography 11</p> <p>3 Utility and Limitations of the Surface ECG: Present and Future 17</p> <p><b>Part 2 The Normal ECG</b></p> <p>4 The Anatomical Basis of the ECG: From Macroscopic Anatomy to Ultrastructural Characteristics 25</p> <p>5 The Electrophysiological Basis of the ECG: From Cell Electrophysiology to the Human ECG 35</p> <p>6 The ECG Recording: Leads, Devices, and Techniques 56</p> <p>7 Characteristics of the Normal Electrocardiogram: Normal ECG Waves and Intervals 69</p> <p>8 Diagnostic Criteria: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value 100</p> <p><b>Part 3 Abnormal ECG Patterns</b></p> <p>9 Atrial Abnormalities 107</p> <p>10 Ventricular Enlargement 133</p> <p>11 Ventricular Blocks 170</p> <p>12 Ventricular Pre‐excitation 215</p> <p>13 Ischemia and Necrosis 229 Part 4 Arrhythmias</p> <p>14 Mechanisms, Classification, and Clinical Aspects of Arrhythmias 299</p> <p>15 Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias 321</p> <p>16 Active Ventricular Arrhythmias 350</p> <p>17 Passive Arrhythmias 376</p> <p>18 Diagnosis of Arrhythmias in Clinical Practice: A Step‐by‐Step Approach 396</p> <p><b>Part 5 The Clinical Usefulness of Electrocardiography</b></p> <p>19 The Diagnostic Value of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities 411</p> <p>20 The ECG in Different Clinical Set of Ischemic Heart Disease 427</p> <p>21 Inherited Heart Diseases 478</p> <p>22 The ECG in Other Heart Diseases 498</p> <p>23 The ECG in Other Diseases and Different Situations 520</p> <p>24 Other ECG Patterns of Risk 539</p> <p>25 Limitations of the Conventional ECG: Utility of Other Techniques 552</p> <p>26 The Electrocardiology of the Twenty‐First Century 571</p> <p>Index 574</p>

<p><b>About the Authors</b></p> <p><b>Antoni Bayés de Luna</b> is Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, Autonomous University of Barcelona. Senior Investigator, Research Institute Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, IIB-Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain. <p><b>Miquel Fiol-Sala </b>is Scientific Director of the Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands. Former Director of the Coronary Care Unit, Son Espases University Hospital. Associate professor at the University of the Balearic Islands. Spain <p><b>Antoni Bayés-Genís</b> is Head of the Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona; Full professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain <p><b>Adrián Baranchuk </b>is Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and serves as President Elect of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (SIAC)

<p>Electrocardiography is a transthoracic recording over a period of time. Electrical activity is detected and recorded via electrodes attached to the outer surface of the skin. The recording produced by this noninvasive procedure is termed as electrocardiogram. ECGs are used to measure the rate and regularity of heartbeats as well as the size and position of the chambers, the presence of any damage to the heart, and the effects of drugs or devices used to regulate the heart.</p> <p><p><i>Clinical Electrocardiography</i> is the clearest and most accessible guide available to the application and interpretation of the ECG in clinical practice. The book proceeds from the belief that ECG patterns should not be memorized, but rather must be understood based on how they originate; it is only by achieving this level of understanding that clinicians can make the most informed diagnoses and thus manage patient care with complete confidence. This fully revised 5^th edition: <ul><li> Gives clear information about the correct diagnoses of different heart diseases based on ECG alterations.</li> <li>Presents an exceedingly clear and linear approach to understanding the application and interpretation of the ECG in clinical practice.</li> <li>Explains the electrical activity of the heart and basic electrocardiographic principals.</li> <li>Offers guidance on normal ECG patterns and the changes various heart diseases produce in ECG morphology </li> <li>Provides a practical, deductive approach to the diagnosis of arrhythmias - one of the most challenging tasks for many clinicians </li> <li>Summarizes current knowledge of the clinical implication of rhythmic disturbances.</li></ul>

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