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The Only EKG Book You'll Ever Need 6th Edition

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Now in its Sixth Edition, this popular, practical text presents all the information clinicians need to use the EKG in everyday practice and interpret hypertrophy and enlargement, arrhythmias, conduction blocks, pre-excitation syndromes, and myocardial infarction. It is an ideal reference for medical students in ICM courses, house officers, or anyone directly involved in patient care, whether student, teacher, or practitioner. The book includes more than 200 facsimiles of EKG strips and numerous clinical cases. This edition features new and updated clinical cases, more clinically oriented discussions of EKG findings, and expanded coverage of important topics such as the long QT syndrome and sudden cardiac death.

A companion Website will include the fully searchable text, an image bank, an interactive question bank, and an EKG image with explanation test bank.

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  1. ISBN-10
    1605471402
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1605471402
  3. Edition
    6th
  4. Publisher
    Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    352 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 6th edition (January 1, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 352 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605471402
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605471402
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.25 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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nurse
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good!!
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2011
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I've been a nurse for some years, always worked with tele patients. I've never taken a 12-lead EKG class. Another RN had a different EKG book she was reading, I went ahead & read the 1st chapter. I thought that author made it fun. The only thing was it was one of those fill in the blank books, which i found myself trying harder to figure out the right word than understanding the concept. I'm pretty glad I purchased this one. I think this author is very matter-of-fact, again making the concepts easy, & I like his case studies. Before I started reading EKGs, they were just a bunch of squiggly lines, and after reading the book, they were still a bunch of squiggly lines, but I felt more educated. I'm reading it a second time, so that I can see why the lines between hypertrophies & MIs are different, which are making me say,"oh yeah, i get it." I'm also reading the 12-leads from my patients charts (before I read what the machine says), and getting most of them :)
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S. Elrasoul
5.0 out of 5 stars Good for beginners or wanting to learn more
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2010
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I am a paramedic and love this book only because it helped with school and still has some good information for reference. This book isn't your solve all problems book but it is a great book to teach you and get you started on understanding ECG rhythms and will help you in the future of your medical career. This book helped our class out a lot only because our paramedic books only went over the minimal requirements and most of us wanted to learn more and advance our knowledge and this book did in fact help. Again if you are learning ECG and already know it and want to learn more into it than this book is for you. I have this book sitting on my shelf in case I even forget something or see something new and want to know why it happened or what it means. Good reference material.
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J. K. Holbrook
5.0 out of 5 stars Wish I had this book 20 years ago. Can I give SIX stars?
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2013
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When I went to medical school 20+ years ago learning EKG's was pretty simple: start with Dubin for the basics, then on to Marriott for everything you need to know.

After medical school my practice setting involved almost never looking at EKG's. 20+ years later my practice changed and I needed to start reading EKG's again. Scary how unused knowledge goes away. A refresher on EKG reading was needed. Dubin too basic, just couldn't get into Marriott. Too wordy and dense. As an example, page after page on fasicular blocks but nothing I could take from it to make the process make sense.

Then I got this book. Starts from the beginning like Dubin, but takes you far beyond that book. Made the aforementioned fasicular blocks easy to understand and interpret. After just 3-4 hours with this book the foundation was in place and I was ready to start looking at EKG's again. Went to hospital, read about 20 a day with overreads by cardiologist. After a month of that turned me loose. Couldn't have done it this quickly or easily without this book.
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A.E.L.S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely understandable
Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2013
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This book is written in a style that makes a complex subject readily understandable. The section on understanding the cardiac axis is excellent and presents the subject in a step-by-step manner that really helps lock it into memory.
Definitely one of the best medical books I've ever read.
The Kindle edition on Kindle fire displays well and the ability to increase the image sizes is definitely helpful. It's readable on my PC but I would suggest reading it using the Kindle for better display of the tracings.
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F. Rob
4.0 out of 5 stars A Comparison of EKG books
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2009
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I purchased both Dubin's & Thaler's books. At my school we were strongly recommended first year to read the Dubin book. And although I liked the pictures, I felt that Dubin's style was not conducive to my longterm retention and actual learning. Thaler's book is a quick read, and moreover, after rising to second year, I felt that the information was more detailed than that of Dubin's book. However, I do have some points of contention with the Thaler book. I felt that the some of the topics that were important (hypertrophy, bundle branch block) were a little difficult to find. My recommendation would be that while Dubin may suffice for first year exposure to EKGs, Thaler's book is better for actually learning them. Also, this may be my personal bias, but I did not feel like looking at the fill-in-the-blanks in Dubin's book for a second or third time in order to review for reading EKGs. My absolute honest opinion would be to have a copy of both. Buy Dubin's Rapid EKGs if you are a visual learner, and buy Thaler's book for a quick reference. I hope this helps!
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Null Set
5.0 out of 5 stars Best EKG book I've seen yet
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2011
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Excellent book. I work in primary care, and I infrequently read EKGs. Before reading this I relied too much on the autointerpretation from our machine, which made me really uncomfortable. This book has allowed me to rapidly sort through a 12 lead and pinpoint problems much more efficiently than I could earlier. I would recommend this as a starting book for anyone wanting to learn to read EKGs - it helps to have a little bit of background regarding the theory behind it, but beyond knowing what a normal QRS complex looks like you don't need much - this book will get you there.
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Bob R.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference.
Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2011
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This is a must have book for any medical professional who will need to learn to read EKG's. The book is easy to read and takes you step by step through the interpretation process and makes you understand the why's and what-for's of the readings. I hate texts that are so complicated to read that the pages become so much gibberish, this book take a complex subject and breaks it down in a way that you can follow and understand. I recommend it.
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NJMinneapolis
5.0 out of 5 stars Not the only, but a great basic
Reviewed in the United States on March 31, 2009
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I can't say enough good things about this book. As an internal medicine resident who hates cardiology (who needs the heart anyway), this book is wonderful. Made it through being pimped incessantly...it's not the only ECG book you'll ever need if you're a cardiologist, but it's a heck of a lot better than the cartoon Dubin version. Very well organized, easy to follow, and the ECGs are very representative of real life. Sorry, not for the future EP folks.
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JGibson
5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth the money
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 1, 2017
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....not quite sure about the "only", but very nearly true! This is the best of about 6 ECG books I've bought recently.
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