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The cardiac arrhythmias
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THE CARDIAC ARRHYTH~IIAS. An Approach
to Their Electrocardiographic Recognition. By Alan E. Lindsay, M.D., F.A.C.C., and Albert0 Budkin, M.D., Chicago, 1969, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 155 pages. Price $9.50. Lindsay and Budkin have produced a manual consisting of electrocardiograms of the more common cardiac arrhythmias. The tracings are clear and the discussions of each satisfactory. As is so well known, many electrocardiograms of arrhythmias may have more than one explanation for the electric events responsible for the record. Their discussions conform to conventional interpretations. The authors, in addition, include 134 test tracings. These are very clear. Unfortunately some of the strips are relatively short for more careful interpretations. Nevertheless, this manual is useful. It provides the reader with an opportunity to learn and to test his ability to interpret cardiac arrhythmias from the electrocardiogram. This is a good manual, especially for beginners.
MODERN TRENDS IN CARDIOLOGY, ed. 2. Edited by A. Morgan Jones, M.Sc., M. B., F.R.C.P., New York, 1969, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Division of Meredith Corporation, 372 pages. Price $14.50. This
volume on modern trends in cardiology is excellent. It condenses for physicians and students selected problems in cardiology which are receiving a great deal of consideration in the laboratory and clinic. For example, among the subjects briefly and succinctly discussed are arterial disease and thrombosis, coronary heart disease, coronary angiography, management of acute myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathies, drug control of
arrhythmias, and others. The authors are actively engaged in their respective fields of interest and therefore fully qualified to write on their respective subjects. This they have done very well. The bibliographies appended to each of the 1.5 chapters are well selected. This is a good review of modern aspects of cardiology.
THE ARTIFICIAL CARDIAC PACEMAKER. Its History, Development, and. Clinical Application. By H. J. Th. Thalen, M.D., J. W. Van Den Berg, DSc., J. N. Homan Van Der Heide, M.D., and J, Nieveen, M.D., Assen, The Netherlands, Royal Van Gorcum Publishers, and Springfield, Ill., 1969, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 359 pages. The
authors of this book on artificial cardiac pacemakers have rendered a fine service to others by summarizing what is now an important therapeutic procedure in cardiology. The book is well organized. They included ten chapters which are concerned with anatomy and physiology of the conduction system, history, methods, animal research, electrodes, transmission of impulses, stimulators, clinical applications, and prospects. The appendix includes discussions of the pacemaker analyzer and threshold pacemaker. This is a very useful and well-written book. Cardiologist and cardiac surgeons should find the book extremely valuable. The book is relatively short and, of course, does not include all aspects of artificial pacemakers, such as types on the market of the world or all the complications and problems that can be encountered. The general principles, purpose, and use of pacemakers are nicely presented. This book is highly recommended.
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THE CARDIAC ARRHYTH~IIAS. An Approach
to Their Electrocardiographic Recognition. By Alan E. Lindsay, M.D., F.A.C.C., and Albert0 Budkin, M.D., Chicago, 1969, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., 155 pages. Price $9.50. Lindsay and Budkin have produced a manual consisting of electrocardiograms of the more common cardiac arrhythmias. The tracings are clear and the discussions of each satisfactory. As is so well known, many electrocardiograms of arrhythmias may have more than one explanation for the electric events responsible for the record. Their discussions conform to conventional interpretations. The authors, in addition, include 134 test tracings. These are very clear. Unfortunately some of the strips are relatively short for more careful interpretations. Nevertheless, this manual is useful. It provides the reader with an opportunity to learn and to test his ability to interpret cardiac arrhythmias from the electrocardiogram. This is a good manual, especially for beginners.
MODERN TRENDS IN CARDIOLOGY, ed. 2. Edited by A. Morgan Jones, M.Sc., M. B., F.R.C.P., New York, 1969, Appleton-Century-Crofts, Division of Meredith Corporation, 372 pages. Price $14.50. This
volume on modern trends in cardiology is excellent. It condenses for physicians and students selected problems in cardiology which are receiving a great deal of consideration in the laboratory and clinic. For example, among the subjects briefly and succinctly discussed are arterial disease and thrombosis, coronary heart disease, coronary angiography, management of acute myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathies, drug control of
arrhythmias, and others. The authors are actively engaged in their respective fields of interest and therefore fully qualified to write on their respective subjects. This they have done very well. The bibliographies appended to each of the 1.5 chapters are well selected. This is a good review of modern aspects of cardiology.
THE ARTIFICIAL CARDIAC PACEMAKER. Its History, Development, and. Clinical Application. By H. J. Th. Thalen, M.D., J. W. Van Den Berg, DSc., J. N. Homan Van Der Heide, M.D., and J, Nieveen, M.D., Assen, The Netherlands, Royal Van Gorcum Publishers, and Springfield, Ill., 1969, Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 359 pages. The
authors of this book on artificial cardiac pacemakers have rendered a fine service to others by summarizing what is now an important therapeutic procedure in cardiology. The book is well organized. They included ten chapters which are concerned with anatomy and physiology of the conduction system, history, methods, animal research, electrodes, transmission of impulses, stimulators, clinical applications, and prospects. The appendix includes discussions of the pacemaker analyzer and threshold pacemaker. This is a very useful and well-written book. Cardiologist and cardiac surgeons should find the book extremely valuable. The book is relatively short and, of course, does not include all aspects of artificial pacemakers, such as types on the market of the world or all the complications and problems that can be encountered. The general principles, purpose, and use of pacemakers are nicely presented. This book is highly recommended.
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