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ECG Masterclass Outline

  1. Heart Anatomy
    1. Introduction
    2. Overview course and sections
    3. Heart anatomy basics
      1. Major veins and arteries
      2. Parts of the heart and pericardium layers
      3. Heart valves
      4. Outflow tracts
    4. Various lead placements
        1. 3 electrode, 4 electrode, 5 electrode

 

  1. Hemodynamics
    1. What is hemodynamics
    2. Blood flow through the heart
    3. Blood pressure
    4. Cardiac cycle
    5. Cardiac output, stroke volume, ejection fraction
    6. Preload, afterload, contractility
      1. CVP, PCWP, PVR, SVR, PAP, Cardiac index

 

  1. ECG Paper, Waveforms, Intervals, Rate
    1. ECG Paper
      1. Amplitude and time for the squares
    2. Waves: P, Q, QRS, T, U
    3. PR segment
    4. PR interval
    5. QT interval
    6. ST segment
    7. Heart rate calculation

 

  1. Vectors and Axis
    1. Intrinsic pathway of the heart
    2. Action potential of pacemaker cells
    3. Action potential of cardiomyocytes
    4. Electrodes
    5. Limb lead vectors (unipolar and bipolar)
    6. Einthoven’s triangle
    7. Precordial leads
    8. Cardiac axis
      1. Normal, left axis deviation (physiological/pathological, right axis deviation, extreme axis deviation

 

  1. Lead II Interpretation

Atrial rhythms

  1. Sinus rhythms
    1. Normal sinus
    2. Sinus bradycardia
    3. Sinus tachycardia
    4. Sinus arrhythmia
    5. Sinoatrial block
    6. Sinus arrest
    7. PAC
  2. Atrial flutter
  3. Atrial fibrillation
  4. Wandering atrial pacemaker
  5. Multifocal atrial tachycardia

Junctional rhythms

  1. Junctional bradycardia
  2. Junctional rhythm
  3. Accelerated junctional rhythm
  4. Junctional tachycardia
  5. PJC
  6. Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT)

Ventricular rhythms

  1. Ventricular escape/idioventricular
  2. Accelerated idioventricular
  3. Ventricular tachycardia (monomorphic and polymorphic)
  4. Ventricular fibrillation
  5. Ventricular flutter
  6. PVC
  7. Asystole
  8. Ventricular standstill

Heart blocks

  1. First degree
  2. Second degree (type 1 and 2)
  3. Third degree

Lead II Interpretation steps

 

  1. Heart blocks made easy
    1. First degree
      1. Visual
    2. Second degree
      1. Visual
    3. Third degree
      1. Visual
  1. 12 Lead Interpretation
    1. 12 lead interpretation steps
    2. Rate (irregular and regular rhythms)
    3. Rhythm
    4. Axis
    5. Intervals/waveforms
      1. Atrial enlargement
      2. Bundle branch blocks
        1. Left bundle branch block
        2. Right bundle branch block
        3.  Hemiblocks
          1. Left anterior fascicular block
          2. Left posterior fascicular block
    6. Hypertrophy
    1.  Left ventricular hypertrophy
    2. Right ventricular hypertrophy

7. Infarction

      1. Coronary arteries and ECG sites

 

  1. STEMIs and Locations
    1. Ischemia and impact on Na/K pump
    2. Current of injury theory
      1. Theory on ST depression
      2. Theory on ST elevation
    3. Types of STEMIs
      1. Circumflex artery
      2. Left anterior descending (LAD)
      3. Right coronary artery (RCA)

 

  1. Occlusion Myocardial Infarction (OMI)
    1. Types of myocardial infarction
      1. STEMI
      2. OMI
  • NSTEMI
  1. T Waves
    1. Normal
    2. Hyperacute
  2. Inferior OMI
  3. Lateral OMI
  4. Anterior OMI

 

  1. Flavors of Ventricular Tachycardia
    1. Monomorphic
      1. Outflow tract tachycardias
        1. Right outflow tract tachycardia
        2. Left outflow tract tachycardia
      2. Fascicular
        1. Left anterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia
        2. Left posterior fascicular ventricular tachycardia
      3. Polymorphic
        1. Torsades de Pointes
        2. Bidirectional
      4. Fusion and capture beats
      5. Bundle branch re-entrant ventricular tachycardia
  1. Cardiac Seizures
    1. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
    2. Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia
      1. Fontaine lead
    3. Brugada Sign
  1. Atrial Flutter
    1. What is atrial flutter?
    2. Types of atrial flutter
    3. Hidden atrial flutter
      1. ECG findings
      2. Bix rule
    4. Lewis lead
  1. AVNRT
    1. Breakdown on pathways
      1. Slow-fast
      2. Fast-slow
      3. Slow-slow
    2. ECG findings
  1. Pacemaker rhythms and rate related changes
    1. Types of pacemaker rhythms on ECG
      1. Atrial
      2. Ventricular
      3. Dual
  1. Rate related ECG findings
    1. ST segment changes
    2. Rate dependent bundle branch blocks
    3. Electrical alternans

 

  1. Electrolyte Disturbances
    1. Potassium
      1. Hyperkalemia
      2. Hypokalemia
    2. Calcium
      1. Hypocalcemia
      2. Hypercalcemia
    3. Magnesium
      1. Hypomagnesemia
      2. Hypermagnesemia

 

  1. WPW and AVRT
    1. Breakdown on what is Wolff-Parkinson-White
    2. ECG findings
    3. Types of accessory pathways
    4. Atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia
      1. Orthodromic
        1. Visualization of pathway and rhythm
      2. Antidromic
        1. Visualization of pathway and rhythm
      3. Atrial fibrillation with WPW
      4. Electrical alternans
  1. STEMI Equivalents
    1. Smith-Sgarbossa criteria
    2. De Winter’s T waves
    3. Wellen’s Syndrome
    4. RBBB + LAFB
    5. aVR elevation
    6. Isolated posterior MI
  1. STEMI Mimics
    1. Hyperkalemia
    2. LBBB and Ventricularly paced rhythms
    3. Early repolarization
    4. LVH
    5. Pericarditis
    6. Hypothermia
    7. Brugada
  1. Cardiomyopathies
    1. Yamaguchi Syndrome (Apical cardiomyopathy)
    2. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
  1. Advanced topics
    1. Tetralogy of Fallot
    2. Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA)
    3. Cerebral T waves
    4. Dextrocardia
    5. TCA overdose
    6. Atrial septum defect
      1. Crochetage sign
    7. Pulmonary embolism
    8. Cardiac tamponade
      1. Electrical alternans
    9. Spiked helmet sign
    10. Digoxin toxicity

 

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