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• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Reviewers for the seventh edition
• Preface to the seventh edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the author
• List of Tables
• List of Illustrations
• 1.  Anatomy and physiology
• Location, size, and shape of the heart
• Surfaces of the heart
• Coverings of the heart
• Structure of the heart
• The heart as a pump
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 2.  Basic electrophysiology
• Cardiac cells
• Cardiac action potential
• Conduction system
• Causes of dysrhythmias
• The electrocardiogram
• Electrocardiography paper
• Systematic rhythm interpretation
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 3.  Sinus mechanisms
• Introduction
• Sinus rhythm
• Sinus bradycardia
• Sinus tachycardia
• Sinus arrhythmia
• Sinoatrial block
• Sinus arrest
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 4.  Atrial rhythms
• Introduction
• Atrial dysrhythmias: Mechanisms
• Premature atrial complexes
• Wandering atrial pacemaker
• Multifocal atrial tachycardia
• Supraventricular tachycardia
• Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
• Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia
• Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 5.  Junctional rhythms
• Introduction
• Premature junctional complexes
• Junctional escape beats or rhythm
• Accelerated junctional rhythm
• Junctional tachycardia
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 6.  Ventricular rhythms
• Introduction
• Premature ventricular complexes
• Ventricular escape beats or rhythm
• Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
• Ventricular tachycardia
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Asystole (cardiac standstill)
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 7.  Atrioventricular blocks
• Introduction
• First-degree atrioventricular block
• Second-degree atrioventricular blocks
• Second-degree atrioventricular block type I
• Second-degree atrioventricular block type II
• 2:1 Atrioventricular block
• Advanced second-degree atrioventricular block
• Third-degree atrioventricular block
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 8.  Pacemaker rhythms
• Pacemaker systems
• Permanent pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators
• Pacemaker leads
• Pacing principles
• Pacemaker modes
• Pacemaker complications
• Analyzing pacemaker function on the electrocardiogram
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• 9.  Introduction to the 12-lead ECG
• Introduction
• Layout of the 12-lead electrocardiogram
• Vectors
• Acute coronary syndromes
• Intraventricular conduction delays
• Chamber abnormalities
• Electrolyte disturbances
• Analyzing the 12-lead electrocardiogram
• Stop & review
• Stop & review answers
• References
• 10.  Posttest
• Posttest answers
• Index