"Advances in Electrocardiograms: Methods and Analysis" ed. by Richard M. Millis

This volume lays the groundwork for understanding the technical aspects of these advancements. This volume is complemented with anatomical diagrams, electrocardiogram recordings, flow diagrams and algorithms which demonstrate the most modern principles of electrocardiography. The five sections of this volume, Cardiac Anatomy, ECG Technique, ECG Features, Heart Rate Variability and ECG Data Management, provide comprehensive reviews of advancements in the technical and analytical methods for interpreting and evaluating electrocardiograms.

The chapters which form this volume describe how the technical impediments inherent to instrument-patient interfacing, recording and interpreting variations in electrocardiogram time intervals and morphologies, as well as electrocardiogram data sharing have been effectively overcome. The advent of novel detection, filtering and testing devices are described. Foremost, among these devices are innovative algorithms for automating the evaluation of electrocardiograms.

Contents
Part 1 Cardiac Structure and Function
1 Cardiac Anatomy
Part 2 ECG Technique
2 Low-Frequency Response and the Skin-Electrode Interface in Dry-Electrode Electrocardiography
3 Implantation Techniques of Leads for Left Ventricular Pacing in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Electrocardiographic Consequences of the Stimulation Site
4 Non Contact Heart Monitoring
5 Automated Selection of Optimal ECG Lead Using Heart Instantaneous Frequency During Sleep
Part 3 ECG Feature Analysis
6 A Novel Technique for ECG Morphology Interpretation and Arrhythmia Detection Based on Time Series Signal Extracted from Scanned ECG Record
7 QT Interval and QT Variability
8 The Electrocardiogram - Waves and Intervals
9 Quantification of Ventricular Repolarization Dispersion Using Digital Processing of the Surface ECG
10 Medicines and QT Prolongation
11 Concealed Conduction
12 Recognition of Cardiac Arrhythmia by Means of Beat Clustering on ECG-Holter Recordings
Part 4 Heart Rate Variability
13 Electrocardiographic Analysis of Heart Rate Variability in Aging Heart
14 Changes of Sympathovagal Balance Measured by Heart Rate Variability in Gastroparetic Patients Treated with Gastric Electrical Stimulation
15 Associations of Metabolic Variables with Electrocardiographic Measures of Sympathovagal Balance in Healthy Young Adults
Part 5 ECG Signal Processing
16 An Analogue Front-End System with a Low-Power On-Chip Filter and ADC for Portable ECG Detection Devices
17 Electrocardiogram in an MRI Environment: Clinical Needs. Practical Considerations. Safety Implications. Technical Solutions and Future Directions
18 Customized Heart Check System by Using Integrated Information of Electrocardiogram and Plethysmogram Outside the Driver's Awareness from an Automobile Steering Wheel
19 Independent Component Analysis in ECG Signal Processing
Part 6 ECG Data Management
20 Broadening the Exchange of Electrocardiogram Data from Intra-Hospital to Inter-Hospital