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The systematic approach to ECG interpretation

Primer:

• Introduction
• Basics

The 7+2 step plan:

1. Rhythm
2. Rate
3. Conduction (PQ,QRS,QT)
4. Heart Axis
5. P Wave Morphology
6. QRS Morphology
7. ST Morphology

Interpretation:

1. Compare with previous ECG
2. Conclusion

Reference Card

• Download and print our ECG Reference Card as PDF, read the printing instructions)

Teaching Files

• Watch our online presentations (under development)
• Watch a collection of online video material
• A Moodle ECG course with exam in under development.
• Our Dutch website offers free ready-made presentation files for ECG courses (in Dutch), which are being translated.

• Normal tracing
• A Concise History of the ECG
• Technical Problems
• Sinus Rhythms
  • Sinus Tachycardia
  • Sinus Bradycardia
• Arrhythmias:
  • Supraventricular
  • Junctional
  • Ventricular
  • Genetic
    • LQTS
    • Brugada
    • ARVD
    • CPVT
  • Ectopic Complexes
• Conduction
  • AV Conduction
  • Intraventricular Conduction
• Myocardial Infarction
• Chamber Hypertrophy
• Clinical Disorders
• Electrolyte Disorders
• Pacemaker
• ECG in Athletes
• ECG and ethnicity
• ECG as a screening tool
• ECG in Children
• ECG in Congenital Heart Disease
• Accuracy of computer interpretation
• A-Z index

• Learn from these cases and examples
• Guess the Culprit
• Rhythm Puzzles by Prof. A.A.M. Wilde, MD, PhD
• Case reports by W.G. De Voogt, MD, PhD
• Case reports from the ICBA, Argentina
• Case reports from Vincent de Rover, RN
• Rarities
• The De Voogt ECG Archive contains > 2000 ECGs
• NEW Submit you own interesting ECG case or ECG problem