Heart Electrophysiology

[boanssi]

Good morning,

I'm looking for a textbook that explains heart electrophysiology from the ground up. The teachers at my school did a poor job of teaching this subject and, as a result, when I look at an EKG I feel like I have to memorize every pattern.

I really want to understand it so that I won't feel horrified every time I check an EKG.


Thanks in advance.

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[TallScrubs]

I've been reading--god this title sucks--'Ion Adventure into Heartland' by Dale Dubin. The book has good information, I just don't know why Dubin made is so creepy.

 

[Dwindlin]

I've been reading--god this title sucks--'Ion Adventure into Heartland' by Dale Dubin. The book has good information, I just don't know why Dubin made is so creepy.

Probably has something to do with this. . .

 

[boanssi]

Thank you for the response. You're right: the title sounds like a bad porno (oh, the irony).

I would appreciate more suggestions.

 

[Dwindlin]

If you want pure electro-physiology I would simply pickup your favorite physiology text (my preference was Guyton & Hall).

If you want something more focused on ECG interpretation these were the two that I used during medic school, and I re-read during second year (my school recommended Dubin, personally I thought it was ****).

12-Lead: The Art of Interpretation

Arrhythmia Recognition: The Art of Interpretation

 

[TallScrubs]

Probably has something to do with this. . .

I knew that; I probably should rephrase what I said:

I don't know how the editors allowed it to be so creepy.

 

[Frank Nutter]

For the love of God, don't read Dubin's. It is for nurses.

Start with Hurst's The Heart. First few chapters on functional anatomy, physiology, then the surface electrocardiography section, and chapters on arrhythmia mechanisms and approach. Reading the specific arrhythmia chapters would be over-doing it. But you should then be ready to read Chou's Electrocardiography, which is surprisingly readable and a lot of it is taken up by pics of tracings. These are the authoritative texts cards fellows read not nurse practitioners.

 

[boanssi]

Thanks for the info!

 

[ArcGurren]

Goldberger's EKG book was pretty good