Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations (Hardcover)

by Mark E Josephson (Author)
Key Phrases: left lateral bypass tract, presystolic electrogram, double ventricular extrastimuli, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Coll Cardiol, Therapy of Arrhythmias (more...)

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Product Description
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Provides the novice electrophysiologist with an electrophysiologic approach to arrhythmias, which is predicated on the hypothesis that a better understanding of the mechanisms of arrhythmias will lead to more successful and rationally chosen therapy. Stresses methodology required to define the mechanism. Previous edition: c1993.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Third Edition edition (December 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0683306936
• ISBN-13: 978-0683306934
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.7 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #296,634 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not-such-a-great classic, March 25, 2003

By	Geoffrey Trim (British Columbia, Canada) - See all my reviews

Josephson is regarded as one of the semi-classic EP textbooks, but on the evidence of this edition, this may not be justified. The text is verbose, turgid and hard to read, and the numerous electrograms are poorly reproduced, making them hard to read and interpret. In retrospect, I'm not sure that this book was worth purchasing. The publishers need to clean up the text and improve the quality of the electrograms to make this a worthwhile purchase.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars EP textbooks, September 7, 2008

By	EP Fellow (B.C., Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations (Solution (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) (Hardcover)

Phenomenal book!
Very easy to follow and the illustrated electrograms are of very good quality. This is an essential book for all EP fellows in training.

2.0 out of 5 stars Once a must-read, now a passable reference book, June 24, 2009

By	Typographer (Indianapolis, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology: Techniques and Interpretations (Solution (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) (Hardcover)

The text is patriarchal. "I do", "I believe", "I think" prevails. He's the grandpa of electrophysiology, but I think he should retire from writing books. Better alternatives exist (Clinical Arrhythmology and Electrophysiology: A Companion to Braunwald's Heart Disease: Expert Consult: Online and Print (Expert Consult Title: Online + Print), Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: A Practical Approach, Handbook of Cardiac Electrophysiology and Catheter Ablation of Cardiac Arrhythmias. If you like the comprehensive approach, go for Cardiac Electrophysiology: From Cell to Bedside: Expert Consult - Online and Print, by far THE reference book in EP.

Let the old man (and his obsolete book) retire in peace and stop haunt the EP fellows' nights.