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Electrocardiogram; also called an EKG; a representation of electrical voltage measured across the chest over a period of time. 1. Six Second ECG Guidebook (2012), Read More

An ECG is composed of a series of waves and lines usually ordered into some repeatable pattern. The waves and lines are displayed on either Read More

Usually, the first word of a rhythm is the location of the initiating impulse. This is followed by a descriptor of the rate – bradycardia, Read More

An ECG is a graphical display of electrical energy generated by the heart over time. ECG graph paper records this cardiac electrical activity, printing at Read More

Table 6.5 provides a non-exhaustive list of cardiac conditions that are associated with a variety of abnormal ECG waveforms. Arriving at a useful interpretation of Read More

A depolarizing wave that originates anywhere outside of the SA node. 1. Six Second ECG Guidebook (2012), T Barill, p. 196 Read More

A depolarizing wave that originates anywhere outside of the SA node. Atrial Ectopics – Premature Atrial Complex (PAC) Early QRS complexes (usually narrow) make the Read More

Dr. Einthoven was a physiologist, who in the late 1800s, first established the 3-lead cardiac monitoring system; the three lead system maps the electrical workings Read More

The percentage of blood volume ejected from the ventricle; for example, if blood volume in the left ventricle at the end of diastole is 100 Read More

Electrocardiogram; also called an ECG. 1. Six Second ECG Guidebook (2012), T Barill, p. 196 Read More