The Complete Guide to ECGs: A Comprehensive Study Guide to Improve ECG Interpretation Skills - Softcover

James H O'Keefe; Stephen C. Hammill; Mark Freed; Steven M. Pogwizd

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763764051 ISBN 13: 9780763764050

Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc, 2008

Synopsis

The Study Guide of Choice for Cardiology Programs Around the Nation! The Complete Guide to ECGs has been developed as a unique and practical means for physicians, physicians-in-training, and other medical professionals to improve their ECG interpretation skills. The highly interactive format and comprehensive scope of information are also ideally suited for physicians preparing for the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Cardiovascular Disease or Internal Medicine Board Exams, the American College of Cardiology ECG proficiency test, and other exams requiring ECG interpretation. The Complete Guide to ECGs is simply the best book on the subject I have ever seen! It is a superb addition to the library of every intern, resident, and fellow, and a uniquely practical and comprehensive study guide for physicians interested in improving their interpretation of ECGs and preparing for board examinations. Features of the Third Edition: Includes a total of 89 ECG cases; 26 of which are new to this edition Entirely new section of self test quizzes called Find the Imposter More than 1000 questions and answers related to ECG interpretation Expanded final section of ECG Criteria Featured sections on approach to ECG interpretation and ECG differential diagnosis

About this title

About the Author

James H. O'Keefe Jr., MD-Professor of Medicine, University of Missouri at Kansas City, Mid-America Heart Institute, St. Lukes Hospital James H. O'Keefe, Jr., M.D., is Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Mid America Heart Institute and Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri in Kansas City. His postgraduate training included a cardiology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He has written 135 articles and 6 books on cardiovascular medicine, and he lectures extensively on the role of therapeutic lifestyle changes and drug therapy in cardiovascular risk reduction. He is actively involved in patient care. Stephen C. Hammill, MD-Professor of Medicine, Mayo Medical School, Electrocardiography and Electrophysiology Laboratories, Mayo Clinic. Mark S. Freed, MD-Cardiologist, President, and Editor-in-Chief, Physicians' Press. Steven M. Pogwizd, MD-Associate Director of Research, Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763764051
• ISBN 13: 9780763764050
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 558