This highly respected and famous book is a simple, readable guide to the accurate identification and interpretation of abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) patterns, written for medical students, nurses and junior doctors. The emphasis throughout is on the straightforward practical application of the ECG. Generations of medical and health care staff have benefited from its clear-cut approach to this important investigation.

• A practical and highly informative guide to a difficult subject.
• Provides a full understanding of the ECG in the diagnosis and management of abnormal cardiac rhythms.
• Emphasises the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings.

• What the ECG is about
• Conduction and its problems
• The rhythm of the heart
• Abnormalities of P waves, QRS complexes and T waves
• How to use the ECG
• Reminders
• Now test yourself

By John R. Hampton, DM, MA, DPhil, FRCP, FFPM, FESC, Emeritus Professor of Cardiology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK