Antonio Bayés de Luna has been Associate Professor of the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and Chief of Electrocardiography and Arrhythmic Unit in Hospital de Sant Pau. From 1992 to 1998 he chaired the Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Hospital de Sant Pau, was a full Professor of Cardiology in the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, and the Director of the Institut Catala Cardiologia-Hospital Sant Pau.
Dr Bayes de Luna has been extremely active in the activities of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), most notably as a member of the ESC's Executive Scientific Committee. He has served as President of the XIV European Congress of Cardiology, the XIIth International Congress on Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, and was President of the World Heart Federation. Dr Bayes de Luna has served on the editorial boards of many of the most highly-regarded journals in cardiovascular medicine. He authored 5 books in English or Spanish, and previous editions of this book, Clinical Electrocardiography, have been translated into French, Russian, Polish and Turkish. He has edited 15 other books and has published more than 200 chapters in other books or monographs.

Foreword by Dr Eugene Braunwald, ix

Foreword by Dr Marcelo Elizari, x

Recommended Reading, xi

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, 16

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, 34

6 The ECG Recording: Leads, Devices, and Techniques, 54

7 Characteristics of the Normal Electrocardiogram: Normal ECG Waves and Intervals, 67

8 Diagnostic Criteria: Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Value, 95

Part 3 Abnormal ECG Patterns

9 Atrial Abnormalities, 103

10 Ventricular Enlargement, 123

11 Ventricular Blocks, 158

12 Ventricular Pre-excitation, 203

13 Ischemia and Necrosis, 216

Part 4 Arrhythmias

14 Mechanisms, Classification, and Clinical Aspects of Arrhythmias, 279

15 Active Supraventricular Arrhythmias, 301

16 Active Ventricular Arrhythmias, 329

17 Passive Arrhythmias, 354

18 Diagnosis of Arrhythmias in Clinical Practice: A Step-by-Step Approach, 373

Part 5 The Clinical Usefulness of Electrocardiography

19 The Diagnostic Value of Electrocardiographic Abnormalities, 387

20 The ECG in Different Clinical Settings of Ischemic Heart Disease, 402

21 Inherited Heart Diseases, 453

22 The ECG in Other Heart Diseases, 473

23 The ECG in Other Diseases and Different Situations, 494

24 Other ECG Patterns of Risk, 511

25 Limitations of the Conventional ECG: Utility of Other Techniques, 523

Index, 541

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