Tomas B. Garcia - Arrhythmia Recognition: The Art of Interpretation: The Art of Interpretation

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Garcia, Tomas B., 1952- editor. | Garcia, Daniel J., editor.

Title: Arrhythmia recognition : the art of interpretation / edited by Tomas
B. Garcia, Daniel J. Garcia.

Description: Second edition. | Burlington, Massachusetts : Jones & Bartlett
Learning, [2020] | Revision of: Arrhythmia recognition / Tomas B. Garcia,
Geoffrey T. Miller. c2004. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2019010704 | ISBN 9781449642334 (pbk. : alk. paper) | eISBN 9781449642358

Subjects: LCSH: Arrhythmia--Diagnosis. | Electrocardiography--Interpretation.

Classification: LCC RC685.A65 G335 2020 | DDC 616.1/28075--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019010704

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Navigate 2 Companion Website

ISBN: 9781284184990

Included with the purchase of this textbook, this companion website contains the following student resources to enhance learning and help arrhythmia recognition skills:

• Animations that demonstrate core arrhythmia concepts
• High-yield content for learning the critical concept of wide-complex tachycardias
• Terminology flashcards

eBook: Arrhythmia Recognition:

The Art of Interpretation , Second Edition

ISBN: 9781449642358

An eBook of this textbook is available for separate purchase.

Once youve finished reading Arrhythmia Recognition, youll want to read the following texts in the series to familiarize yourself with the subject of 12-lead electrocardiography. These texts present 12-lead ECG inter-pretation in the same clear, graphics-intensive, ECG-intensive style seen in this text.