Making Sense of the ECG: Cases for Self-Assessment

Reading an ECG correctly and working out what to do next is an invaluable skill for any doctor, nurse or paramedic when evaluating the condition of a patient.

Making Sense of the ECG: Cases for Self Assessment helps students and more experienced healthcare practitioners to consolidate their knowledge of ECG interpretation through real-life scenarios. The patients’ history, examination and initial investigations are presented along with questions on the ECG interpretation, allowing readers to assess their ability to interpret ECGs accurately, perform differential diagnosis and decide upon the most appropriate clinical management in each situation. Detailed explanatory answers respond to the questions posed, as well as providing practical clinical guidance and essential revision support.

Key features:

• Convenient format - ideal for both rapid reference and the presentation of full 12-lead ECG traces throughout
• Strong clinical emphasis - encourages you to put principles into practice
• Detailed explanations - aid in-depth learning
• Learn, revise and test yourself - use regularly to refresh your knowledge and ideal during exam preparation

Used alongside the popular textbook Making Sense of the ECG: A Hands-on Guide 6E, or independently, as a vital tool to consolidate knowledge and prepare for clinical practice, this latest edition has been fully updated in line with the latest management guidelines and features a new appendix listing the key diagnosis in each ECG, making it easier to locate topics for revision.

Andrew Houghton MA(Oxon), DM, BM BCh, FRCP (Lond) Consultant Cardiologist and Clinical Head of Echocardiography, Grantham and District Hospital, Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK Dr Andrew R. Houghton studied medicine at the University of Oxford and undertook postgraduate training in Nottingham and Leicester. He was appointed as consultant cardiologist at Grantham & District Hospital in Lincolnshire, UK, in 2002. His subspecialty interest is in non-invasive cardiac imaging, in particular echocardiography and cardiovascular MRI. He has been a member of the British Society of Echocardiography’s departmental accreditation committee, and a lecturer at BSE annual congresses. Dr Houghton has co-authored a number of textbooks, including Making Sense of the ECG (now in its sixth edition) and its companion volume Making Sense of the ECG: Cases for Self-Assessment, now in its third edition, and is also a faculty member at the Medmastery online medical education website. Making Sense of the ECG has won several awards, including the Royal Society of Medicine’s Richard Asher prize and the British Medical Association’s Student Textbook Award, while Making Sense of Echocardiography was highly commended at the BMA Medical Book Awards.