1 20.1 Introduction
A chapter, entitled as this one is, aims at providing a systematic presentation on a number of topics, which are either not included elsewhere in this book, or they receive a cursory treatment as mere components of an overall exposition. In the first category, one could consider the attenuation of ECG voltage resulting from the development of peripheral edema of varying etiology [1], while in the second the giant T waves could represent an example of a topic included here, but also mentioned under ST-T changes found in chapters about myocardial infarction, ischemia, intraventricular conduction abnormalities or ventricular hypertrophy. In such a venture some redundancy is inevitable, but overall it proves to be beneficial. Some ECG abnormalities, which were included in this chapter in the first Edition, became so pervasive as to deserve their separate handling (e.g., QT interval, Chap. 19). Many ECG topics, not considered previously, had to be included in this...
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Madias, J.E. (2010). 20 Miscellaneous Electrocardiographic Topics. In: Macfarlane, P.W., van Oosterom, A., Pahlm, O., Kligfield, P., Janse, M., Camm, J. (eds) Comprehensive Electrocardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-046-3_20
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