ECG session 2

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Chris Anderson
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Table of Contents

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Normal sinus rhythm

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  • 00:09 Normal sinus rhythm
  • 01:03 Conduction through the heart during normal sinus rhythm
  • 08:21 Think of heart rhythm as a relay race
  • 10:50 Gap junctions: How cardiac cells communicate electrically
  • 11:05 Systematic approach to interpreting the ECG
  • 12:24 Five criteria for normal sinus rhythm
  • 21:06 Two common misconceptions
  • 22:12 References

Measuring intervals and voltage

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  • 00:12 Measuring intervals and voltages
  • 00:32 Standard ECG Calibration
  • 02:55 RR Interval
  • 05:24 PR Interval
  • 06:17 QRS Duration
  • 10:08 QT Interval
  • 13:48 Now let’s measure some voltages!

Measuring axis

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  • 0:50 The “vector” for the heart’s activity
  • 03:24 The chest (precordial) leads
  • 04:18 The vectors for the frontal plane leads
  • 10:10 Determining axis: Method 1 (more precise)
  • 12:38 Measuring axis: Method 2 (less precise)
  • 15:18 P Wave axis
  • 19:39 QRS axis

Hypertrophy

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  • 00:09 Hypertrophy
  • 01:49 Radiographic, echocardiographic, and pathological correlates
  • 06:02 Atrial enlargement
  • 12:36 Right ventricular hypertrophy
  • 16:13 Left ventricular hypertrophy
  • 22:28 Biventricular hypertrophy

Bundle branch block

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  • 00:09 Bundle branch block
  • 02:34 ECG diagnosis of bundle branch block
  • 03:24 Ventricular depolarization in LBBB
  • 06:43 Ventricular depolarization in RBBB
  • 11:09 Causes of RBBB
  • 13:00 Example of LBBB
  • 15:14 Causes of LBBB
  • 16:15 WiLLiaM MoRRoW
  • 17:45 Left anterior hemiblock
  • 19:28 Left posterior hemiblock