Professor Gertsch covers both clinically relevant ECGs and very interesting rarer cases of the normal and the exercise ECG, making this work extremely comprehensive - it represents the culmination of a lifetime of involvement with invasive and non-invasive cardiology by one of Switzerland's leading cardiologists. Numerous ECGs and two-color drawings illustrate the text, which is also brought closer to the reader by means of over fifty case reports. Ease of reference is facilitated by the division of the text into separate sections: "At a Glance" for readers who want quick information, and "The Full Picture" for readers wishing to go into exhaustive detail. Foreword by Christopher Cannon.

Foreword Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations Sect. I Theoretical Basics and Practical Approach Introduction and Concept of the Book 1 Ch. 1 Theoretical Basics 3 Ch. 2 Practical Approach 13 Sect. II Pattern ECG Ch. 3 The Normal ECG and its (Normal) Variants 19 Ch. 4 Atrial Enlargement and Other Abnormalities of the p Wave 45 Ch. 5 Left Ventricular Hypertrophy 53 Ch. 6 Right Ventricular Hypertrophy 75 Ch. 7 Biventricular Hypertrophy 89 Ch. 8 Pulmonary Embolism 95 Ch. 9 Fascicular Blocks 105 Ch. 10 Bundle-Branch Blocks (Complete and Incomplete) 117 Ch. 11 Bilateral Bifascicular (Bundle-Branch) Blocks 131 Ch. 12 Atrioventricular Block and Atrioventricular Dissociation 145 Ch. 13 Myocardial Infarction 167 Ch. 14 Differential Diagnosis of Pathologic Q waves 265 Ch. 15 Acute and Chronic Pericarditis 283 Ch. 16 Electrolyte Imbalances and Disturbances 299 Ch. 17 Alterations of Repolarization 323 Sect. III Arrhythmias Ch. 18 Atrial Premature Beats 329 Ch. 19 Atrial Tachycardia 337 Ch. 20 Atrial Flutter 347 Ch. 21 Atrial Fibrillation 363 Ch. 22 Sick Sinus Syndrome (and Carotid Sinus Syndrome) 379 Ch. 23 Atrioventricular Junctional Tachycardias 391 Ch. 24 The Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome 405 Ch. 25 Ventricular Premature Beats 435 Ch. 26 Ventricular Tachycardia 445 Sect. IV Special Topics Ch. 27 Exercise ECG 479 Ch. 28 Pacemaker ECG 505 Ch. 29 Congenital and Acquired (Valvular) Heart Diseases 525 Ch. 30 Digitalis Intoxication 535 Ch. 31 Special ECG Waves, Signs and Phenomena 541 Ch. 32 Rare ECGs 561 Subject Index 585 ECG Index 607