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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for July 8-15. Which lead do both of these ECGs share a “common-thread”?

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 18:38

 

Two more ECGs classified under the general heading:  “Tracing suggestive of   ____ ”.  I  like ECGs that strongly favor a very specific clinical disorder.

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BRAIN TEASER

Submitted by jer5150 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 22:49

Chances are that just the mere sight of the 12-lead ECG above has already piqued your interest in what will follow!  It was recorded during an actual code-blue and the patient expired a short time later but I'm posting it here in order to graphically illustrate my point.  Incidentally, the above ECG was diagnosed by my former Chief of Cardiology as "Wid

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All depends on how you define "degrees".

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 06:44

One of our local news channels was reporting widespread and record-breaking right axis deviation throughout central Virginia.  

References / Sources:
1.)  WRIC Richmond News and Weather - - WRICTV8 - Home
2.)  Blaufuss Multimedia - Heart Sounds and Cardiac Arrhythmias

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Jason’s blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for June 24 – July 1, 2012. Pinpoint the primary disturbance.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 06/23/2012 - 22:00

This patient was seen by his primary care provider (PCP) on an outpatient basis.  The PCP decided to send her patient over to me to perform a routine ECG and establish a baseline, hince the computer's statement below of "No previous ECGs available".  I printed out the above 12-lead ECG and became slightly concerned with the rhythm I was seeing.  Consequently, I also recorded six full pages of continuous rhythm (not shown here).  I don’t ordinarily resort to doing this except on those rare

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Dawn's Blog: NEW CONTENT ON ECG GURU

Submitted by Dawn on Sun, 06/17/2012 - 22:17

We have now rolled out a new version of the ECG Guru!  Nothing is lost, but much more new content to come.  Our primary goal is still to provide teaching materials to instructors who teach ECG and cardiac topics.   All our materials are free and free of copyright, and may be reproduced for purposes of teaching and learning.  In addition, we know that many students and practitioners come to the Guru for information.  We have many Gurus out there who participate on our Ask the Expert page, our Forum, and our Facebook site to help spread information.  You will find links on the Guru to many wo

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for June 17-24. What "highs" and "lows" is this tracing suggestive of?

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 06/16/2012 - 22:00

This week’s ECG is categorized under the heading:“Tracing suggestive of         ” This is a classical example of this pair of derangements.

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