An essential reference for students and practitioners working with exercise electrocardiograms (ECGs), Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine guides readers from theory to applied interpretation of normal and abnormalECG traces. The text is based on the authors' clinical experience, publishedresearch, and over a decade of dedicated study on the interpretation of ECGs from clinical patients to elite athletes both at rest and during exercise. This resource offers clear protocols for ECGs with an emphasis on athletes. Withover 70 ECG readouts to examine, readers can practice and refine their ECG interpretation skills and increase their understanding of heart conditions identifiable through ECG testing. Troubleshooting tips throughout the text provide quick solutions to problems that may occur during ECG testing, and detailed information on interpreting the ECGs is provided for numerous conditions that practitioners are likely to encounter in real-life practice. Divided into threeparts, Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine begins with an overview of heart anatomy and function and a review of the methods for monitoring heart rate and function. Part II of the text describes the ECG in detail at rest and during exercise, with an emphasis on measurement and interpretation. In particular, chapter 4 examines normal and abnormal ECG findings with a detailed discussion of cardiac abnormalities. Each abnormality is accompanied bya sample ECG trace. Chapter 5 focuses on the how the exercise ECG may be usedas a tool in the identification of a variety of pathologies, including coronary artery disease and exercise-induced arrhythmias, and how the ECG can assistin the differentiation of pathologic and physiologic enlargement of the left ventricle. A special focus on the athlete's heart follows in part III. Because physiologic adaptations associated with chronic physical training may mimic those observed in pathologic processes, part III discusses the anomalies oftenpresent in athletic individuals at rest and during exercise. This part also includes six case studies, which discuss specific problems encountered in dealing with athletes' hearts and provide in-depth examples of conditions identifiable through an exercise ECG. Because the ECG is so widely used in the assessment of cardiac electrical function, morphology, and circulation, understandinga normal ECG at rest and during exercise and being able to interpret findingsare becoming increasingly important for noncardiologists, including health professionals, sports medicine specialists, physiotherapists, clinical exercise physiologists, and sport and exercise scientists. With its straightforward approach, Practical ECG for Exercise Science and Sports Medicine is a valuable resource for those studying and working in the field of exercise, sports medicine, and sport science as well as health professionals working with athletic andsedentary individuals at rest and in exercise stress testing. INDICE: Part I Structure and Function of the Heart Chapter 1 The Heart Cardiac Anatomy Cardiac Function Electrical Properties of the Heart Electrocardiography Contractile Properties of the Heart Exercise and the Heart Key Points Chapter 2 Monitoring the Electrical Activity of the Heart Palpation Heart RateMonitors Electrocardiography at Rest and During Exercise Exercise Modalities and Protocols Ambulatory ECG monitors Implantable Loop Recorders Key Points Part II The ECG Chapter 3 Normal ECG at Rest Reading the ECG Interpreting the ECG Common Mistakes in Preparing and Placing Leads (Troubleshooting) Key Points Chapter 4 Abnormal ECG at Rest Brady arrhythmias Tachyarrhythmias ECG Abnormalities in Diseases of the Coronary Circulation: Ischemia and Myocardial Infarction Unusual ECG Abnormalities Key Points Chapter 5 ECG During Exercise Normal ECG Responses During and Postexercise Evaluation of Individuals with Known or Suspected Exercise- or Exertion-Related Arrhythmias ECG Exercise StressTesting in the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Key Points Part III The Athletes' Heart Chapter 6 The Athlete's Heart: Physiological Versus Pathological Cardiac Structure and Function in Highly Trained Athletes Electrocardiogram (ECG) of an Athlete Arrhythmias and the Athlete Syncope and the Athlete Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) in athletes Preparticipation Screening Key Points Chapter 7 Athlete Case Studies Case Study 1: Spontaneous Atrial Fibrillationin a Freestyle Skier. Case Study 2: Exercise-Induced Vasodepressor Syncope inan Elite Rower: A Treatment Dilemma Case Study 3: Prevalence and Significanceof an Isolated Long QT Interval in Elite Athletes Case Study 4: Differentiation of RVOT-VT and ARVC in an Elite Athlete Case Study 5: Treat the Patient Notthe Blood Test: The Implications of an Elevation in Cardiac Troponin Following Prolonged Endurance Exercise Case Study 6: Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Presence of Normal Coronaries and the Absence of Risk Factors in a Young, Lifelong Regular Exerciser Audiences Text for undergraduate and graduate courses in sport science, physiology, physiotherapy, medicine, and nursing. Also areference for clinical exercise physiologists, exercise physiologists, sport physiotherapists, athletic trainers, health professionals, and sports medicinespecialists.
- ISBN: 978-0-7360-8194-8
- Editorial: Human Kinetics Publishers
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 176
- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés