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The Only Ekg Book You'll Ever Need

The Only Ekg Book You'll Ever Need
By Malcolm S. Thaler

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The Bryn Mawr Hospital, PA. An introductory textbook to electrocardiography. For medical students. Previous edition: c1997. Two-tone format with halftone illustrations. DNLM: Electrocardiography.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #525594 in Books
  • Published on: 1999-03-15
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 300 pages

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Review

American Family Physician, 01-APR-00, Volume 61, Issue 7, Rosaire Verna, MD, Georgetown University, Washington, DC -- Praise for the previous edition:
"This text will no doubt be helpful to those learning the important key features of EKG interpretation."

Customer Reviews

The title doesn't lie!5
A colleague recommended this book to me after I lamented that Dubin's competing text was amusing and easy to understand, but didn't really foster any permanent functional understanding of EKGs. Like Dubin's text, Thaler's EKG Book takes a leisurely approach to deconstructing the EKG. However, Thaler's text is a much more functional guide, offering better explanations in a more comprehensive approach to interpreting EKGs. Thaler's text works not only because it is easy to understand, but also because it provides more clinical scenarios, and has a more complete discussion of a wide variety of abnormal EKGs. This book is far superior to Dubin's. Highly recommended.

Far superior to Dubin's book5
For years, professors, clinical instructors, and residents told me all I ever needed to known to analyze EKGs was Dubin's book. Despite reading it over and over again, I still struggled when it came time to interpret EKGs during rounds. I realized this was because Dubin's book favors rote memorization over understanding. The fill in the blank, repetitive structure actually makes retaining information difficult because it doesn't really teach you anything. Thaler's book, on the other hand, successfully manages to remain informal while teaching the concepts behind EKG analysis. I bought this book on the recommendation of a fellow intern who was having the same difficulties. One read through and I felt that years were wasted struggling with Dubin. Don't waste time or money on Dubin's ridiculous approach. Thaler's book will actually teach you what you need to know.

Drop that Dull Dubin!5
It's well worth the time and expense to read this book in addition to the assigned Dubin. Thaler's text is clearly written, cleanly laid out, and easy to follow (no cutesy fill-in-the-blanks here). The publisher deserves a lot of credit for careful editing and an elegant, logical layout.

Thaler presents each topic in a concise paragraph or two, with lots of white space for notes. Criteria are given in straightworward lists, and are far easier to learn this way.

Dubin is an authority on EKG interpretation, but his plodding teaching style just didn't work for me. Both authors present reliable information in their EKG texts, but this is a perfect example of two books that use completely different teaching styles. I'm glad I found Thaler's direct, detailed, concise text to learn this essential skill.