12-Lead ECG: The Art Of Interpretation

1) The book itself is far inferior to the first edition. Much less comprehensive. Just look at the fact that it has 200 fewer pages. 2) The company that sent the book can be worse. It was the ONLY time since I purchased items from any Amazon within the European Union (amazon.es, amazon.fr, amazon.it and amazon.de) that any item was held at customs. I had to go through the entire bureaucratic customs clearance process and on top of that I had to pay an additional fee of 11.05 euros! Unbelievable! And I have bought in the past items from China, India, Israel, UK and USA without any problem. They get one star because there are no negative stars. Otherwise, they would have 5 negative stars. Terribly bad.

This book is WONDERFUL. Well written, and very much points out that ECG interpretation is an art, and as much as it is science, there is a subjective factor as well. Great at teaching the basics if you're having difficulty understanding the concepts of ECGs, in particular 12-leads. Great for med students, paramedics/EMTs, nurses and many others. I have recommended this book to all those I've been mentor or preceptor to in the past, and I will continue to do so. I use it myself to review at times as well. 10/10, definitely recommend.

Great book. I've read Dubin's, and this is the next step up. If you really want to get a good grasp of EKGs, you should take the time and sit down and read through this text. Has different levels for each EKG interpretation so you can read through multiple times and take away more from each EKG every time. Can honestly say I've learned more from this book than any other EKG book/teaching module. Takes a bit longer than some of the other books but it is WORTH IT! I can now do a quick interpretation of most EKGs I encounter (which includes calculating the exact axis and z-axis) in under 30 seconds! I still have much to learn and look forward to re-reading this book a few more times!

Ho scelto proprio questo testo perchè consigliato in diversi forum di cardiologia e medicina d'emergenza come il migliore per imparare ad approcciare il tracciato direttamente in 12 derivazioni. Molti altri libri (sicuramente altrettanto validi) sull'ecg non hanno questo approccio. Io ho delle buone basi di elettrofisiologia per cui non sto soffrendo a leggere la prima sezione. Sto apprezzando anzi la linearità dell'esposizione dei concetti. Fino ad ora sono soddisfatto. Per fare una vera valutazione dovrei attendere di leggere tutto. Di sicuro è un libro che mi risulta comprensibilissimo ed agevole. Forse potrebbe non essere la prima scelta per chi cerca un qualcosa di veramente semplice. Lo consiglio sicuramente a studenti di medicina e medici (chiaramente non a gente che ha già ampie competenze). Lo consiglierei forse anche ad infermieri e ad altri professionisti che hanno delle basi di anatomia ed elettrofisiologia e che vogliono anche capire e non solo acquisire degli skills semplici per interpretare un tracciato. L'orientamento orizzontale delle pagine, un po' scomodo, presumo nasca dall'esigenza di raffigurare a dimensioni naturali quelle del tracciato standard. Per chi non è abituato a leggere in inglese ci sono anche edizioni italiane. Spedizione arrivata una settimana prima del previsto e in condizioni perfette. Imballato in cartone in una confezione in stile piego di libri. Nessuna lamentela ma solo elogi da questo punto di vista.

I was recommended this book by a colleague when I was just starting to learn the dark art of ECG interpretation. This book is amazing and takes you through every little bit of ECG interpretation - but only if you read it correctly. This might sound strange but you read and interpret the ECGs at Level 1 before starting the book while reading the level 2 pieces of text. Again the same for the third read but for level 3. I recommend this book to anybody who is starting out to learn ECGs! Very much worth the money.....