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Normal Ventriculogram

Submitted by Dawn on Sun, 03/17/2013 - 17:49

At this link, you will find a ventriculogram showing a normally-functioning left ventricle with an excellent ejection fraction.  For your students, ventriculograms can illustrate muscle function visually, and are a great aid when teaching ECG.  Watch the ECG Guru website and YouTube page for more ventriculograms and other cath lab videos.

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for March 17th - 24th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 06:20

Patient's clinical data:  Unknown aged white man.

What well-known eponym can technically be applied to this 12-lead ECG?  HINT:  It takes on a somewhat unusual form here.

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for March 10th - 17th. Mutual mimics

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 03/09/2013 - 10:31

These are two 12-lead ECGs that I performed on two completely different patients several years apart. 

Patient's clinical data (Top ECG):
57-year-old black man

Patient's clinical data (Bottom ECG):
67-year-old black man

Are both of these ECGs showing the same rhythmic pattern?

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VG Stunned Inferior Wall

Submitted by Steven on Sun, 03/03/2013 - 21:27

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Feb. 24th - March 3rd.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 02/23/2013 - 21:36

Patient's clinical data:  55-year-old white man admitted to the surgical intensive care unit (SICU). 

Part of the computer's interpretation was:
Sinus tachycardia 1st degree AV block Occasional
Premature supraventricular complexes

DO YOU AGREE WITH THE COMPUTER?

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Feb. 17th - 24th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 02/16/2013 - 14:29

Patient's clinical data:  81-year-old black man

The computer interpreted this ECG as: 
Sinus bradycardia 1st degree AV block
ST abnormality, possible digitalis effect
Abnormal ECG
When compared with ECG of (expunged)
PR interval has increased

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Jan. 27th - Feb. 3rd.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 01/26/2013 - 15:48

Patient's clinical data:  67-year-old white man with a history of COPD and CAD.

Unfortunately, due to the advanced age of this ECG (29-years ago), many details of the device will have to be left to speculation.  I'm unable to retrieve any information about the patient other than the two diagnoses above.

How many different things can you spot in this 12-lead ECG?

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Jan. 20 - 27, 2013.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 01/19/2013 - 18:39

Patient's clinical data:  This 12-lead ECG is from an adult patient of unknown age and gender (at the time of posting).  Active medications included Atenolol.  Patient's only complaints and symptoms were cramps and palpitations in the form of "an occasional extra beat".  This ECG was the patient's initial "baseline".  Based on what the patient's primary care provider (PCP) misinterpreted in this ECG, the patient ended up having an erroneous diagnosis listed among their "active problems".  Their computerized

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