ECG Core Curriculum

Table of Contents

I: Background material/Getting started

How to use this book

History

Anatomy and physiology

Electrophysiology

Introduction to the EKG

II: The cardiac rhythms

Introduction to laddergrams

Mechanisms of arrhythmias

Sinus rhythms

Premature complexes and aberrancy

Conduction abnormalities and heart block

Supraventricular arrhythmias

Ventricular arrhythmias

III: Chamber enlargement

Atrial

Ventricular

IV: Myocardial ischemia, infarction and pericarditis

V: Preexcitation

VI: Pacemaker interpretation

VII: Miscellaneous conditions

Electrolyte imbalance

Drug effects

QT prolongation

Hypothermia

VIII: A Step-by-Step Method of Interpretation

IX: Final exams

X: Supplementary materials

Diagnostic criteria

Glossary

Index