The Physiological Basis of the Electrocardiogram - Chapter 1

A. T. Reisner, G.D. Clifford & R.G. MarkBigeminy

 in Advanced Methods for ECG Analysis, (Eds. G. D. Clifford, F. Azuaje and P. E. McSharry),  Artech House, Boston, 2006.

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the cellular and electromagnetic origins of the surface ECG, together with a description of the autonomic regulation of the myocardium. Discussions of both normal and abnormal morphologies and rhythms are given together with a clinical perspective on how physiological abnormalities lead to such problems. 

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Contents:

1.1 Cellular Processes that Underlie the ECG

 

1.2 The Physical Basis of Electrocardiography

1.2.1 The Normal Electrocardiogram

1.3 Introduction to Clinical Electrocardiography: Abnormal Patterns

1.3.1 The Normal Determinants of Heart Rate: The Autonomic Nervous System

1.3.2 Ectopy, Tachycardia, and Fibrillation

1.3.3 Conduction Blocks, Bradycardia, and Escape Rhythms

 

1.3.4 Cardiac Ischemia, Other Metabolic Disturbances, and Structural Abnormalities

 

1.3.5 A Basic Approach to ECG Analysis