ECG for the Small Animal Practitioner PDF

Preface

We take great satisfaction in bringing the reader this convenient review of basic canine and feline electrocardiography. It is our hope that the text will both help the practicing veterinarian meet his day-to-day needs and stimulate the interest of students in small animal electrocardiography. We feel that the conciseness and clarity of this presentation has contributed immeasurably to these ends.

We also want to acknowledge thanks to Williams and Wilkins for permission to reuse selected illustrations from my Textbook: Essentials of Canine and Feline Electrocardiograph y, Interpretation and Treatment, 3^rd Edition, Lea & Febiger, 1992.

The rapid evolution of animal electrocardiography has made an easily accessible text such as this both necessary and welcome. Today's ECG instruments have placed in the hands of the veterinarian an accurate and efficient means of recording the electrical activity of the animal's heart. But what does the ECG tracing mean? To own an electrocardiograph is not enough; the veterinarian must use his ECG instrument correctly and interpret the ECG recording accurately.