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Myocardial infarction: second edition
Book
Interpreting
reviews
the
New York, pages.
1979,
By James International
Electrocardiogram.
Update
Publishing
S. Fleming, Inc., 135
This is an atlas type book designed to teach physicians how to interpret electrocardiograms. The technic used is to teach the student how to interpret patterns, i.e., by memorizing patterns without much knowledge of the fundamentals of electrocardiography. The fundamental aspects of electrocardiology and electrophysiology are not discussed. The book is presented in such a mlanner that the reader need not have a knowledge of membrane potentials or the electric activation of the myocardium or the phenonemon of recession. This book should prove useful to nurses and paramedical personnel who wish to have a practical knowledge of the patterns of electrocardiography. The diagrams are many and simple and the tracings are well chosen. Cardiovascular Physi’ology III: Volume Guyton and D. B. Young, Baltimore, Press, 368 pages. Price $24.95.
18. Edited by A. C. 1979, University Park
excellent issue of International Review of is concerned with cardiovascular physiology. The contributors have condensed for the reader the new things of interest in the field of cardiovascular physiology. The selected eight sections include contraction and relaxation of the myocardium, determinants of systemic blood flow, reflex control of vascular capacitance and skeletal muscle circulation, transcapillary transport of small solutes and water, interstitial-lymphatic flow system, pulmonary transcapillary exchange, and pulmonary edema and cardiogenic hypertension. The more recent publications of data are well oriented with physiologic studies repeated in the more remote past. Anyone involved in cardiovascular physiology and training and teaching of clinical cardiovascular problems will find this publication to be a stimulating and thought-provoking source of important material. This review is quite different from most annual reviews in any field of medicine in that the reports are presented as an organized review o’f the respective subjects. The editors and contributors have produced a valuable publication. This
is another
Physiology which
Coronary Frankfurt.
Heart
Disease:
Edited by Martin en, M.D., Raphael Balcon, M.D., Acton, Mass., 1978, pages. Price $42.00.
Third
International
Symposium.
Kaltenbach, M.D., Paul LichtlM.D., and Wolf-Dirk Bussman, PSG Publishing Company, 346
This report on coronary heart disease includes the presentations and discussion at the Third International Symposium held in Frankfurt during February, 1978. The many short papers are divided into eight parts. Part 1, related to coronary collaterals, is of particular interest, not only to physiologists and anatomists, but to clinicians as well. The importance of the collateral circulation in ischemic heart disease is nicely presented. Part 5 is devoted to discussion of coronary spasm, a subject known to be important in cardiology for many years, but of considerable interest in clinical research at present. The
American
Heart
Journal
clinical importance of coronary spasm is well discussed by investigators directly interested in the problem. Part 7 is devoted to the mechanical treatment of ischemic disease. This part should interest all physicians who treat ischemic heart disease. The entire publication ia of considerable interest and value. This book is highly recommended. It is easy to read, the illustrations and tables are good, and the discussions are of interest to anyone who manages patients with coronary artery disease. This is an excellent book that can best be appreciated by critical reading and study. Ambulatory
York,
Electrocardiography.
1979, Springer-Verlag,
By Edward 241 pages. Price
K. Chung, $24.90.
New
This book is intended for training in the use of Holter monitoring in the management of cardiac disease. Chung has briefly outlined the indications, applications in diagnosis, interpretation, rescord or protocol keeping by the patient, and clinical problems for which it is most useful. These discussions are followed by 100 case histories and segments of recordings with interpretations. The book is primarily an atlas for beginners to learn how to employ Holter monitoring in the practice of cardiology. This is a good book with its primary purpose achieved. The reader who is not acquainted with this procedure will find the 100 case examples interesting and challenging even to cardiologists. It is not possible to critically review each case presented. This must be left to the readers. Nevertheless, Case 36, page 87, of a superventricular tachycardia has two questions presented by the author to his readers. One is “What is the treatment of choice?” How can this question be answered without the entire clincial data? Cases like this do challenge a thoughtful critical reader. This is a good book which should interest beginners as a supplement to other literature on cardiac arrhythmias. Myocardial
Infarction:
berger, St. Louis, Price $26.50.
second
edition.
1979, The C. V. Mosby
By Ary Louis GoldCompany, 277 pages.
This second edition attests to the success of the first edition. The author has added new information to assist the clinician in continuing his training in electrocardiography with emphasis on the EGG diagnostic manifestations of myocardial infarction. The author is the son of Dr. Emanuel Goldberger who introduced the augmented limb leads to clinical electrocardiography. The book is divided into two parts; part one is concerned with depolarization (Q wave) pattern simulating myocardial infarction, and part two is concerned with repolarization (ST-T) patterns simulating myocardial infarction. It is a good book which clearly presents the problems in differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction by ECG. Physicians in training will find a critical study of this book to be a valuable effort. The ECG remains of paramount importance in clinical cardiology. Goldberger has selected good illustrations and included a good bibliography of 624 well-selected references. Myocardial infarction is an important and common problem in the practice of medicine and the ECG is of routine use in diagnosis and management. This is a good addition to the medical literature.
593
Interpreting
reviews
the
New York, pages.
1979,
By James International
Electrocardiogram.
Update
Publishing
S. Fleming, Inc., 135
This is an atlas type book designed to teach physicians how to interpret electrocardiograms. The technic used is to teach the student how to interpret patterns, i.e., by memorizing patterns without much knowledge of the fundamentals of electrocardiography. The fundamental aspects of electrocardiology and electrophysiology are not discussed. The book is presented in such a mlanner that the reader need not have a knowledge of membrane potentials or the electric activation of the myocardium or the phenonemon of recession. This book should prove useful to nurses and paramedical personnel who wish to have a practical knowledge of the patterns of electrocardiography. The diagrams are many and simple and the tracings are well chosen. Cardiovascular Physi’ology III: Volume Guyton and D. B. Young, Baltimore, Press, 368 pages. Price $24.95.
18. Edited by A. C. 1979, University Park
excellent issue of International Review of is concerned with cardiovascular physiology. The contributors have condensed for the reader the new things of interest in the field of cardiovascular physiology. The selected eight sections include contraction and relaxation of the myocardium, determinants of systemic blood flow, reflex control of vascular capacitance and skeletal muscle circulation, transcapillary transport of small solutes and water, interstitial-lymphatic flow system, pulmonary transcapillary exchange, and pulmonary edema and cardiogenic hypertension. The more recent publications of data are well oriented with physiologic studies repeated in the more remote past. Anyone involved in cardiovascular physiology and training and teaching of clinical cardiovascular problems will find this publication to be a stimulating and thought-provoking source of important material. This review is quite different from most annual reviews in any field of medicine in that the reports are presented as an organized review o’f the respective subjects. The editors and contributors have produced a valuable publication. This
is another
Physiology which
Coronary Frankfurt.
Heart
Disease:
Edited by Martin en, M.D., Raphael Balcon, M.D., Acton, Mass., 1978, pages. Price $42.00.
Third
International
Symposium.
Kaltenbach, M.D., Paul LichtlM.D., and Wolf-Dirk Bussman, PSG Publishing Company, 346
This report on coronary heart disease includes the presentations and discussion at the Third International Symposium held in Frankfurt during February, 1978. The many short papers are divided into eight parts. Part 1, related to coronary collaterals, is of particular interest, not only to physiologists and anatomists, but to clinicians as well. The importance of the collateral circulation in ischemic heart disease is nicely presented. Part 5 is devoted to discussion of coronary spasm, a subject known to be important in cardiology for many years, but of considerable interest in clinical research at present. The
American
Heart
Journal
clinical importance of coronary spasm is well discussed by investigators directly interested in the problem. Part 7 is devoted to the mechanical treatment of ischemic disease. This part should interest all physicians who treat ischemic heart disease. The entire publication ia of considerable interest and value. This book is highly recommended. It is easy to read, the illustrations and tables are good, and the discussions are of interest to anyone who manages patients with coronary artery disease. This is an excellent book that can best be appreciated by critical reading and study. Ambulatory
York,
Electrocardiography.
1979, Springer-Verlag,
By Edward 241 pages. Price
K. Chung, $24.90.
New
This book is intended for training in the use of Holter monitoring in the management of cardiac disease. Chung has briefly outlined the indications, applications in diagnosis, interpretation, rescord or protocol keeping by the patient, and clinical problems for which it is most useful. These discussions are followed by 100 case histories and segments of recordings with interpretations. The book is primarily an atlas for beginners to learn how to employ Holter monitoring in the practice of cardiology. This is a good book with its primary purpose achieved. The reader who is not acquainted with this procedure will find the 100 case examples interesting and challenging even to cardiologists. It is not possible to critically review each case presented. This must be left to the readers. Nevertheless, Case 36, page 87, of a superventricular tachycardia has two questions presented by the author to his readers. One is “What is the treatment of choice?” How can this question be answered without the entire clincial data? Cases like this do challenge a thoughtful critical reader. This is a good book which should interest beginners as a supplement to other literature on cardiac arrhythmias. Myocardial
Infarction:
berger, St. Louis, Price $26.50.
second
edition.
1979, The C. V. Mosby
By Ary Louis GoldCompany, 277 pages.
This second edition attests to the success of the first edition. The author has added new information to assist the clinician in continuing his training in electrocardiography with emphasis on the EGG diagnostic manifestations of myocardial infarction. The author is the son of Dr. Emanuel Goldberger who introduced the augmented limb leads to clinical electrocardiography. The book is divided into two parts; part one is concerned with depolarization (Q wave) pattern simulating myocardial infarction, and part two is concerned with repolarization (ST-T) patterns simulating myocardial infarction. It is a good book which clearly presents the problems in differential diagnosis of myocardial infarction by ECG. Physicians in training will find a critical study of this book to be a valuable effort. The ECG remains of paramount importance in clinical cardiology. Goldberger has selected good illustrations and included a good bibliography of 624 well-selected references. Myocardial infarction is an important and common problem in the practice of medicine and the ECG is of routine use in diagnosis and management. This is a good addition to the medical literature.
593