An Introduction To Electro Cardiography, 7th Ed

An Introduction to Electro cardiography, EPZ Edition has been completely rewritten and restructured with the aim of making it an authoritative book on electro cardiography while retaining the characteristic didactic approach of `Introduction to Electro cardiography.' The book has two parts- the first covers the analysis of 12 lead patterns and the second the disorders of cardiac rhythm.

This book contains following data:-

     - Part 1 The P-QRS-T pattern

     - The genesis of the normal and abnormal electrocardiogram

     - Acquired heart disease

     - Congenital and hereditary heart disease

     - Part II The disorders of cardiac rhythm

     - Disorders of impulse formation

     - Disorders of impulse conduction

     - The secondary disorders of rhythm

     - Correlative essays

About the Author

Leo Schamroth was born in Belgium and emigrated to South Africa in infancy. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School in 1948. He joined the university staff based at the Baragwanath Hospital in 1956, and became professor of medicine and chief physician at Baragwanath Hospital in 1972. He published over 300 papers and eight textbooks, mostly concerned with electrocardiology. His book, An Introduction to Electro cardiography, published in 1957 and running to seven editions, was the most frequently stolen book from medical libraries in the world. He was awarded the Master Teacher Award by the American College of Cardiology in 1972.