This all-encompassing, four-color text, updated to the new Second Edition, is designed to make you a fully advanced interpreter of ECGs. Whether you are paramedic, nurse, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, medical student, or physician wanting to learn or brush up on your knowledge of electrocardiography, this book will meet your needs. 12-Lead ECG: The Art of Interpretation, Second Edition takes the complex subject of electrocardiography and presents it in a simple, innovative, 3-level approach. Level 1 provides basic information for those with minimal experience interpreting ECGs. Level 2 provides intermediate information for those with a basic understanding of the principles of electrocardiography. Level 3 provides advanced information for those with some mastery of the subject. The entire text is written in a friendly, easy-to-read tone. Throughout the text, ECGs are integrated and analyzed in conjunction with the concepts they illustrate.

Anatomy -- Electrophysiology -- Individual vectors -- The actual ECG : paper and ink -- ECG tools -- The basic beat -- The rate -- Rhythms -- The P wave -- The PR interval -- The QRS complex -- The electrical axis -- Bundle branch blocks and hemiblocks -- ST segment and T waves -- Acute myocardial infarction -- Electrolyte and drug effects -- Putting it all together.