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Jonas de Jong, cardiologist at the OLVG, The Netherlands & founder of ECGpedia

The ECG Course

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The ECG Made Easy Tutorial

The systematic approach to ECG interpretation

Primer:

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

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The ECG Textbook

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Cases and Examples

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Cases:

Case of the Month

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A 53 year old woman has had mitral and tricuspid valve repair. An ECG is recorded. No P waves are seen before QRS complexes. She has temporary atrial pacemaker leads and a recording is made from these leads (recorded as V1 in the second ECG). Now it is evident that a junctional rhythm is present with retrograde P waves. A very long PQ interval is a differential diagnosis, but less likely.


Contributors

Main Authors

  • J.S.S.G. de Jong, MD, PhD, cardiologist electrophysiologist, OLVG, the Netherlands
  • P.G. Postema, MD, PhD, cardiology fellow, AMC, the Netherlands, author
  • Rob Kreuger, illustrator, AMC, the Netherlands

ECGs

  • A.A.M. Wilde, MD PhD, FACC, FESC, FAHA,AMC, The Netherlands
  • W.A. de Voogt, MD PhD, SLAZ, The Netherlands
  • Dr. Alberto Giniger, chief of the Electrophysiology and Arrhythmias Department of the Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires (ICBA), Argentina.
  • M. Rosengarten, BEng, MD, McGill University, Canada

R.B.A. van den Brink, MD PhD, AMC, The Netherlands; Vincent de Rover, RN, AMC, The Netherlands; R.W. Koster, MD PhD, AMC, The Netherlands; K.J. Rooyaards, MD, OLVG, the Netherlands; L.R.C. Dekker, MD PhD, M. Meuwissen, MD, PhD; I.A. Khan, MD; M.L.J.M. van de Wetering, MD; D. Kuys; K. Arkenbout, MD, PhD

Corrections, additions and other contributions

I.A.C. van der Bilt, MD; T.T. Keller, MD, PhD, Bart Duineveld, Abdelghani Bouhiouf, Sabriena Henderson, Amon Heijne, A.O. Verkerk; A.C.G. van Ginneken, K.H.W.J. Ten Tusscher, K. Goldin, MD, S. Rijkenberg, J. van der Hoek, Sebastiaan H. Hols.

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