Understanding the ECG

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Chris Anderson
Vice Chair, Pediatrics
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25-min read

In this video (scrub through the video to see chapters)

  • 00:37 Understanding the ECG—the electrical activity in the cell
  • 03:22 The normal conduction pathway through the heart
  • 06:06 The vectors for the different ECG leads
  • 08:55 Setting up a grid system to map the ECG vectors
  • 13:52 The depolarization wavefront through the heart
  • 20:10 Repolarization through the heart
  • 24:19 References