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Index

standardized positions of electrodes, 1 L
LAFB, see Left anterior fascicular block
External electrical defibrillation, 76
VetBooks.ir LBBB, see Left bundle branch block
Left anterior fascicular block (LAFB), 66
F Left bundle branch block (LBBB), 20, 113, 114
FAT, see Focal atrial tachycardia Left ventricular enlargement, 59, 60
First-degree AV nodal block, 81, 82, 87, 88 Lidocaine, 36
Focal atrial tachycardia (FAT), 24, 25 Low amplitude QRS complexes, 87, 88
treatment of, 33
M
H MEA, see Mean electrical axis
Heart action potentials, 9 Mean electrical axis (MEA), 11, 12
Heart rate, 12 calculation, 14
during supraventricular tachycardia, 117, 118 shift in, 15
Holter monitoring, 39 Mexiletine, 37
analysis of Holter recordings, 41–43 Millivolt (mV), 11
antiarrhythmic treatment assessment, 43 Modified dog shirts, 41
continuous ambulatory ECG monitoring devices, mV, see Millivolt
39–40
implantable loop recorders, 39, 40
modified dog shirts, 41 N
normal 24-hour Holter ECG, 43 New ECG cases for second edition, 103
patch electrodes, 41 arrhythmia count and sotalol therapy, 127, 128
rate histogram and ventricular beat frequency, 42 arrhythmia monitoring, 129, 130
24-hour Holter report, 42 atrial standstill, 103, 104
ventricular premature beat, 43 concealed AV nodal conduction, 111, 112
Holter system, 40; see also Holter monitoring drug therapy, 129, 130, 131, 132
digital Holter unit, 40 electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation,
Holter indications, 39 133–135
Holter monitor placement, 40–41 Holter recording, 129, 130, 131, 132
Holter recorder, 39 irregular heart rate, 111, 112
Holter recording, 129, 130, 131, 132 irregular ventricular heart rate, 103, 104
Hyperkalemia, 68 isorhythmic atrioventricular dissociation, 109,
110
left bundle branch block, 113, 114
I oversensing pacemaker, 125, 126
ICS, see Intercostal space pacemaker malfunction, 119, 120
ICU, see Intensive Care Unit pacemaker undersensing, 121, 122
Idioventricular rhythm, accelerated, 69, 70 rapid heart rate, 117, 118
Implantable loop recorders, 39, 40 reduction of VPC, 127, 128
Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 7 re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia, 117, 118
Intercostal space (ICS), 4 second-degree AV nodal block, 105, 106
Interventional techniques, 29 sinus rhythm with 120 bpm, 107, 108
Irregular heart rate, 111, 112 supraventricular tachycardia, 115, 116, 117, 118
ventricular, 103, 104 ventricular premature beats, 107, 108
Isorhythmic atrioventricular dissociation, 109, 110 ventricular rate, 109, 110
ventricular sensitivity of pacemaker, 121, 122
wide complex tachycardia, 113, 114
J Nexterone, 36
Junctional escape complex, 99, 100 Normal ECG amplitudes and durations, 137
Junctional rhythm and left heart enlargement, Normal sinus rhythm, 81, 82
accelerated, 85, 86 with baseline artefact, 61, 62
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