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source Just after the turn of the century in London, a Scottish physician, James MacKenzie, who had published The Study of the Pulse in 1902, was completing the primal text of cardiovascular medicine, Diseases of the Heart (1908). The m

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"Despite its importance in everyday clinical practice, the ability of physicians to interpret electrocardiograms (ECGs) is highly variable. The ECG is sometimes the only and most efficient way of detecting life-threatening conditions, thus

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. Willem Einthoven was born on 21 May 1860 in Semarang, Java, in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). His Jewish ancestors had emigrated from Spain to the Netherlands during the Spanish Inquisition of the 15th century. [Up until the four

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Mason-Likar modification of standard 12 leads in which chest electrodes are placed in the standard positions, but limb electrodes are transposed to the torso to reduce movement artifacts. source

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For full review, see link on *physiology* webpage.

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link to article excerpt: Despite its importance in everyday clinical practice, the ability of physicians to interpret electrocardiograms (ECGs) is highly variable. … The evidence clearly favors summative trainee evaluation metho

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How to Read an ECG: Khan Academy-style Tutorials on ECG Interpretation

Emory ECG Training Site: link “ This website aims to provide the medical community with the opportunity to interpret ECGs in specific contexts. Emory's ECG Training Site provides a more interactive form of studying that is well adapted to var

excellent and extensive interactive resource

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See: ECG Wave-Maven - ECG tutorial - Harvard U. - 500+ ECGs with analysis of each

Atrial repolarization wave (Ta wave) is usually not evident on the electrocardiogram (ECG) as it has a low amplitude of hundred to two hundred microvolts and is usually hidden in the QRS complex. [1] It can also extend into the ST segment caus

ECG Interpretation of Arrhythmias - Tulane University School of Medicine

link to full article Part 1: Cardiac Anatomy - video Part 2: Cardiac Anatomy - video Part 3: Cardiac Anatomy and EKG - video Part 4: Acute MI, EKG, and Anatomy - video

See: ECG library website - UK / New Zealand

sample page from Washington Manual - 36th ed.

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source: ecgwaves.com - excellent detailed and illustrated explanations of ECG interpretation and echocardiography

*** In-depth ECG instructional video course with a number of free sample offerings: 1) Introduction and review of anatomic and physiologic basis of ECG recording - 14 min. video 2) Heart Blocks Explained - First, Second, Third De

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Excellent self-study review produced by and for Critical Care RNs - updated 2015

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Born in Amory, Mississippi, on October 24, 1925, Dr. James was the oldest of five children of Naum and Kata Evanova James. He attended Amory High School. A bout with malaria at the age of 12 aroused his interest in medical research, when a n

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link to excellent 11 min. video *** Cardiologists Louis Wolff, John Parkinson, and Paul Dudley White are credited with the definitive description of the disorder in 1930. ***

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Atrioventricular Block: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree - excerpts from StatPearls link to full StatPage webpage

See: Pacemaker Insertion - Johns Hopkins - description and video

See: Introduction to ECG Interpretation - pdf slideshow - U. of Wisconsin Family Medicine lecture

LVH: ECG diagnostic criteria and explanation

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excellent instructional PDF slideshow - North Lake County EMS - Illinois Department of Public Health

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ecgwaves.com - excellent illustrated explanations

5-electrode system: used for perioperative and critical care monitoring

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In 1876, Dr. Hermann Nothnagel first described the irregular pulse of atrial fibrillation as "delirium cordis". Nothnagel was a student of Rudolf Virchow ( Omnis cellula e cellula : “All cells come from cells.” … see *membrane*

brief video showing developmental anatomy of left atrium

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Links to pages on LITFL website: 1st degree AV block 2nd degree AV block - Mobitz 1 (Wenckebach) 2nd degree AV Block - Mobitz 2 3rd degree AV block - Complete Heart Block Left bundle bran

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Explanatory webpages on LITFL : VT versus SVT Monomorphic VT Polymorphic VT and Torsades de Pointes VF

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source … and further discussion of ECG abnormalities associated with intracranial events

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exercise stress test with echo imaging (stress echo) - 4 min. video source A stress echocardiogram is an imaging stress test that evaluates the functioning of the heart at rest and with exertion , comparing ultrasound images

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See: ECG Library - LITFL - ECG Library Basics - excellent interactive website

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