John R. Hampton

With over half a million sales and translations into a dozen languages, this book, hailed by the British Medical Journal as a "medical classic", has been a favorite of generations of medical students and nurses.

It directs users of the electrocardiogram to straightforward and accurate identification of normal and abnormal ECG patterns. With the emphasis throughout on simplicity and practical application, this Eighth Edition will prove invaluable to all medical and health care staff who require clear, basic knowledge about the ECG.

This famous book encourages the reader to accept that the ECG is easy to understand and that its use is just a natural extension of taking the patient’s history and performing a physical examination.

Key Features:

• 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.
• Emphasizes the role of the full 12 lead ECG with realistic reproduction of recordings.
• The unique page size allows presentation of all 12-lead ECGs across a single page for clarity.