Includes bibliographical references index.

Introductory principles -- Basic ECG waves -- ECG leads -- The normal ECG -- Electrical axis and axis deviation -- Atrial and ventricular enlargement -- Ventricular conduction disturbances (Bundle branch blocks) -- Myocardial ischemia and infarction, section I (ST segment elevation ischemia and Q wave infarct patterns ) -- Myocardial ischemia and infarction, section II (ST segment depression ischemia and non-Q wave infarct patterns ) -- Drug effects, electrolyte abnormalities and metabolic factors -- Pericardial, myocardial and pulmonary syndromes -- Wolff-Parkinson-White preexcitation patterns -- Sinus rhythms -- Supraventricular arrhythmias, section I (Premature atrial and AV junctional beats, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardias, and AV junctional rhythms) -- Supraventricular arrhythmias, section II (Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation) -- Ventricular arrhythmias -- Atrioventricular (AV) heart block -- Digitalis toxicity -- Cardiac arrest and sudden cardiac death -- Bradycardias and tachycardias: review and differential diagnosis -- Pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a brief introduction -- How to interpret an ECG -- Limitations and uses of the ECG -- ECG differential diagnoses: instant reviews.