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""Getting Acquainted With Laddergrams - What They Are, What They Do, and How to Use Them!"" is the third in a series of ""Getting Acquainted With..."" books which gives you an in depth look at how to analyze and decipher complex dysrhythmias using the laddergram - a tool that has been used by electrocardiographers for over 100 years. You are taught the common, basic dysrhythmias at the introductory level. These include atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia and various sinoatrial and atrioventricular conduction delays and blocks. But consider the fact that you will often encounter combinations of these basic dysrhythmias, affecting both the atria and the ventricles. You will learn that every ECG is really two ECGs superimposed on each other and the laddergram is an effective way of separating them for better understanding. Everything is explained in common, everyday language - even though many of the concepts are very advanced and complex. If you want to advance your skill in the interpretation of complex dysrhythmias, you must understand and use laddergrams. This book teaches you... How to draw different types of laddergram frames How to diagram different dysrhythmias and blocks, How to approach complex dysrhythmias and analyze them How to read and interpret a laddergram This book is filled with ""Tips, Tricks, and Pearls"" that will enhance your diagnostic skills and facilitate your learning process. Cardiology residents/fellows will benefit from the detailed explanation of laddergramming.

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Jerry W. Jones, MD FACEP FAAEM is an internationally recognized authority on advanced electrocardiography instruction. He has taught Masterclasses and lectured on advanced ECG interpretation throughout North America, Europe and Australia. Dr. Jones has 40 years' of experience as an internist and emergency physician. Now retired from clinical practice, he devotes his time to lecturing, teaching and writing about advanced electrocardiography through his own continuing medical education company, MEDICUS OF HOUSTON. Dr. Jones is the author of ""Getting Acquainted With Wide Complex Tachycardias - A Workbook for the Electrocardiographically Confused!"" and ""Getting Acquainted With Ischemia and Infarction - Ischemia Is NOT an Infarction!""

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