Life-Threatening Arrhythmias for the Small Animal Practitioner by McMichael, Maureen -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Series Title page Copyright Dedication Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1 Normal ECG

Before recording ECG set up Recording the ECG What is measured Normal ECG Calculating the heart rate Calculating the mean electrical axis Measuring the complexes

Chapter 2 Bradyarrhythmias

Sinus bradycardia Sinus arrhythmia Sinus arrest Atrial standstill AV BLOCK OVERVIEW First-degree AV block Second-degree AV block Third-degree AV block Asystole Cardiopulmonary arrest Escape rhythms

Chapter 3 Tachyarrhythmias

Atrial premature complexes Ventricular premature complexes Differentiating SVT from VT Supraventricular tachycardia Atrial fibrillation Ventricular pre-excitation Re-entrant tachycardia Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome Ventricular tachycardia Accelerated idioventricular rhythm Ventricular flutter Ventricular fibrillation Torsade de pointes

Chapter 4 Miscellaneous arrhythmias and cardiac conditions

Artifacts and anomalies Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy AV JUNCTIONAL RHYTHMS Junctional escape beats Junctional rhythm Bradycardia-tachycardia syndrome (sick sinus syndrome) Electrical alternans (pericardial effusion) Left bundle branch block Left anterior fascicular block Right bundle branch block ST segment abnormalities T wave abnormalities Canine congestive heart failure—mitral valve insufficiency Canine dilated cardiomyopathy Feline aortic thromboembolism (saddle thrombus) Feline congestive heart failure Heartworm—caval syndrome (CS) Pericardial effusion

Chapter 5 Electrolyte disturbance and the ECG

Hyperkalemia Hypokalemia Hypercalcemia Hypocalcemia

Chapter 6 Emergency algorithms

Bradycardia algorithm Tachycardia algorithm Asystole algorithm (CPR) Arrhythmia drug chart