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Welcome to ECGpedia,

a free electrocardiography (ECG) course and textbook to which anyone can contribute ,
designed for medical professionals such as cardiac care nurses and physicians.

ECGpedia has received more than 500.000 visitors from 194 countries.

ECGpedia pocket reference card

Contribute to this and other CardioNetworks websites, read our call for authors

The ECG Course

ECG course

Primer:

The 7+2 step plan:

Interpretation:

Teaching files

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

The ECG Textbook

Browse the ECG Textbook:

Cases and Examples

Cases:

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
Rarities
The De Voogt ECG Archive contains > 2000 ECGs

ECG Case of the Month

Arrhythmia prone <CSO_iFrame> frameborder='0' src='http://zohopolls.com/external/cardionetworks/what-kind-of-tachycardia-is-shown-on-this-ecg' width='240' height='240'</CSO_iFrame> Answer

Popular items

The LinkedIn Cardionetworks Group is a meeting for interested users and editors.
The whole course on 1 A4 paper.
Left Bundle Branch Block
Measuring the QT Interval - Beginners - advanced
Calculate the QTc with the QTc Calculator Using the QT Interval and the Heart Rate.
Brugada Syndrome
Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm
Left Bundle Branch Block

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The Heart axis simulator, made by Bart Duineveld. Click and drag the heart axis arrow to change the axis.

News & Background

The historic timeline of the Cardionetworks Foundation shows the development.
All Cardionetworks sites now run on green power from NaturEnergie AG.
April 2008. Due to high traffic, all websites have been moved to a new server.
The first animation made by Bart Duineveld for ECGpedia is finished.
Give us feedback on how to improve this site: contact / feedback form.
ECGpedia.org is part of Cardionetworks.
Read the section with Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
These people have contributed to ECGpedia.
Also read how you can contribute to ECGpedia!
Follow the development of ECGpedia.
General References.

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+'''Primer:'''
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+*[[Introduction]]
+*[[Basics]]
+'''The 7+2 step plan:'''
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+*A [http://moodle.ecgpedia.org Moodle ECG course with exam] in under development.
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+*Our Dutch website offers free [http://nl.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Powerpoint_presentaties_van_ECG_cursussen ready-made presentation files for ECG courses (in Dutch)], which are being translated.
-[http://nl.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Powerpoint_presentaties_van_ECG_cursussen Ready-made presentation files for ECG courses (in Dutch)].
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 *[[Case reports by W.G. De Voogt%2C MD%2C PhD]]
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