Reviews and Notes: Cardiology: Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Practical Guide for the Clinician

Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Practical Guide for the Clinician

2nd edition. RA Waugh, BW Ramo, GS Wagner, and M Gilbert; eds. 448 pages. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 1994. $75.00. ISBN 0-8036-9114-9. Order phone 215-568-2270.

Not just an atlas of electrocardiography but a text discussing the relevance of the history and the physical examination to the electrocardiogram, which the editors consider a "bridge between basic science and clinical diagnosis." Illustrated with echocardiograms and line diagrams in addition to electrocardiograms. Nine contributors, including the editors. References include historic papers (such as a 1909 paper by T. Lewis on auricular fibrillation) and papers from the 1990s. The appendix includes directions for patients who detect paroxysmal tachycardia.