Preface by Prof. Antoni Bayés de Luna vii
Preface by Drs Miquel Fiol‐Sala, Antoni Bayes‐Genís, and Adrián Baranchuk viii
Foreword by Dr Marcelo V. Elizari ix
Foreword by Dr Pedro Brugada xi
Recommended Reading xiii
Part 1 Introductory Aspects
1 The Electrical Activity of the Heart 3
2 The History of Electrocardiography 11
3 Utility and Limitations of the Surface ECG: Present and Future 17
Part 2 The Normal ECG
4 The Anatomical Basis of the ECG: From Macroscopic Anatomy to Ultrastructural Characteristics 25
5 The Electrophysiological Basis of the ECG: From Cell Electrophysiology to the Human ECG 35
6 The ECG Recording: Leads, Devices, and Techniques 56
7 Characteristics of the Normal Electrocardiogram: Normal ECG Waves and Intervals 69
8 Diagnostic Criteria: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value 100
Part 3 Abnormal ECG Patterns
9 Atrial Abnormalities 107
10 Ventricular Enlargement 133
11 Ventricular Blocks 170
12 Ventricular Pre‐excitation 215
13 Ischemia and Necrosis 229 Part 4 Arrhythmias
14 Mechanisms, Classification, and Clinical Aspects of Arrhythmias 299
15 Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias 321
16 Active Ventricular Arrhythmias 350
17 Passive Arrhythmias 376
18 Diagnosis of Arrhythmias in Clinical Practice: A Step‐by‐Step Approach 396
Part 5 The Clinical Usefulness of Electrocardiography
19 The Diagnostic Value of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities 411
20 The ECG in Different Clinical Set of Ischemic Heart Disease 427
21 Inherited Heart Diseases 478
22 The ECG in Other Heart Diseases 498
23 The ECG in Other Diseases and Different Situations 520
24 Other ECG Patterns of Risk 539
25 Limitations of the Conventional ECG: Utility of Other Techniques 552
26 The Electrocardiology of the Twenty‐First Century 571
Index 574
About the Authors
Antoni Bayés de Luna 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.
Miquel Fiol-Sala 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
Antoni Bayés-Genís is Head of the Heart Institute, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona; Full professor, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Adrián Baranchuk is Professor of Medicine at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and serves as President Elect of the Interamerican Society of Cardiology (SIAC)
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