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This classic, best-selling book has been updated and revised to reflect the latest knowledge in the field and to provide more opportunities for practice. The sixth edition of Basic Arrhythmias covers all the basics of arrhythmia interpretation and includes appendices on cardiac anatomy and physiology, clinical implications of arrhythmias, 12-lead electrocardiography, basic 12-lead interpretation, and pacemakers. Book jacket.

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Preface	p. ix
Directions	p. xiii
Electrophysiology	p. 1
Self-Instructional Unit
Electrical vs. Mechanical Function	p. 2
Sodium Pump	p. 3
Polarization, Depolarization	p. 4
Conduction System	p. 5
Inherent Rates	p. 7
Irritability, Escape	p. 8
Nervous System Influence	p. 9
Key Points	p. 12
Self-Test	p. 13
Waves and Measurements	p. 17
Self-Instructional Unit
Introduction	p. 18
Electrodes	p. 18
Rule of Electrical Flow	p. 19
Monitoring Leads	p. 20
Graph Paper	p. 21
Voltage Measurements	p. 22
Time Measurements	p. 22
Cardiac Cycle	p. 23
Waves, Intervals, Segments	p. 24
P Wave and PRI	p. 25
QRS Complex	p. 26
ST Segment and T Wave	p. 28
Measurements	p. 28
Practice	p. 29
Artifact, Interference	p. 29
Refractory Periods	p. 29
Key Points	p. 33
Self-Test	p. 34
Practice Strips (Part I)	p. 38
Practice Strips (Part II)	p. 40
Analyzing EKG Rhythm Strips	p. 47
Self-Instructional Unit
Analysis Format	p. 48
Regularity	p. 49
Rate	p. 51
P Wave	p. 53
PR Intervals and QRS Complexes	p. 54
Role of the AV Node	p. 55
Ventricular vs. Supraventricular	p. 56
Key Points	p. 58
Self-Test	p. 59
Practice Strips (Part I)	p. 62
Practice Strips (Part II)	p. 64
Sinus Rhythms	p. 71
Self-Instructional Unit
Introduction	p. 72
Normal Sinus Rhythm	p. 72
Sinus Bradycardia	p. 74
Sinus Tachycardia	p. 76
Sinus Arrhythmia	p. 76
Review	p. 78
Key Points	p. 80
Self-Test	p. 81
Practice Strips	p. 84
Atrial Rhythms	p. 99
Self-Instructional Unit
Atrial Rhythms	p. 100
Wandering Pacemaker	p. 100
Ectopics	p. 101
Premature Atrial Contraction	p. 102
Atrial Tachycardia	p. 105
Atrial Flutter	p. 106
Atrial Fibrillation	p. 109
Key Points	p. 112
Self-Test	p. 113
Practice Strips	p. 117
Junctional Rhythms	p. 147
Self-Instructional Unit
Junctional Pacemaker	p. 148
Junctional P Wave	p. 150
Premature Junctional Contraction	p. 152
Junctional Escape Rhythm	p. 154
Junctional Tachycardia	p. 155
Accelerated Junctional Rhythm	p. 156
Supraventricular Tachycardia	p. 159
Key Points	p. 161
Self-Test	p. 162
Practice Strips	p. 166
Heart Blocks	p. 187
Self-Instructional Unit
Conduction Through the AV Node	p. 188
Heart Blocks	p. 188
First Degree Heart Block	p. 190
Second Degree Heart Blocks	p. 191
Type II Second Degree Heart Block	p. 193
Wenckebach (Type I Second Degree Heart Block)	p. 196
Third Degree Heart Block (Complete Heart Block)	p. 199
Key Points	p. 205
Self-Test	p. 206
Practice Strips	p. 210
Ventricular Rhythms	p. 231
Self-Instructional Unit
Ventricular Rhythms	p. 232
Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC)	p. 233
Unifocal vs. Multifocal	p. 236
R on T Phenomenon	p. 237
Runs and Couplets	p. 238
Grouped Beating	p. 239
Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)	p. 241
Ventricular Fibrillation	p. 243
Idioventricular Rhythm	p. 245
Asystole	p. 247
Key Points	p. 249
Self-Test	p. 251
Practice Strips	p. 257
Practice Makes Perfect	p. 297
Introduction	p. 297
Introduction	p. 297
Practice Strips	p. 299
Final Challenge	p. 425
Introduction	p. 425
Introduction	p. 425
Self-Test	p. 426
Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology	p. 477
Pathophysiology and Clinical Implications of Arrhythmias	p. 485
12-Lead Electrocardiography	p. 491
Basic 12-Lead Interpretation	p. 505
Pacemakers	p. 539
Answer Key	p. 551
Practice Strips for Chapter 2	p. 553
Practice Strips for Chapter 3	p. 558
Practice Strips for Chapter 4	p. 560
Practice Strips for Chapter 5	p. 564
Practice Strips for Chapter 6	p. 572
Practice Strips for Chapter 7	p. 578
Practice Strips for Chapter 8	p. 584
Practice Strips for Chapter 9	p. 594
Self-Test Chapter 10	p. 627
Glossary	p. 641
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