This new, eighth edition of Understanding Eletrocardiography covers all aspects of electrocardiography to help health professionals picture the mechanisms of arrhythmias, their ECG patterns, and the options immediately available as well as those available for a cure. The illustrations and descriptions in this edition help the reader visualize and comprehend mechanisms of cardiac rhythms as well as retain this knowledge to pave the way for a systematic approach to ECG recognition and emergency response. This edition attains the goal of guaranteeing the best possible patient outcomes by providing complete coverage from step-by-step instruction to the more advanced concepts of ECG monitoring and includes new chapters on the Athlete's ECG, In-Hospital T-Segment Monitoring, Ischemia Monitoring, and Brugada Syndrome.