
This section includes the basic definition of EKG, the lead grouping, the EKG paper description and calculation of rate in both regular and irregular rhythms
This section describes the various type of heart blocks and bundle branch blocks. After the lecture you will be able to differentiate the various heart blocks and the bundle branch blocks
Tachyarrhythmias include sinus tachy cardia, atrial tachycardia, nodal tachycardia and ventricular tachycardias. Fast atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are the other types of tachyarrhythmias. This video will help to understand and differentiate various types of fast rhythms
Atrial or ventricular enlargement or hypertrophy helps you to manage your patients especially in heart failure. In this video you will be able to map out the size of various cardiac chambers and also will be able to grossly figure out the electrical axis of the heart
In emergency patients with very fast heart rate, it is very important to differentiate the ventricular from supraventricular rhythms. The special problem is the broad complex tachycardia. In this video you will be able to differentiate broad complex ventricular and supraventricular tachycardia
Both are serious medical emergencies and require urgent treatment. Prompt recognition of both these entities is extremely important as they require immediate intervention to avoid disaster.
Ischemic heart disease is one of very serious medical emergency and urgent intervention can save a large number of patients from death and disability. In this video you will find how to recognize the ACS both NSTEMI and STEMI
In this video various sample EKG with their interpretation is given. This is very useful for the beginners
EKG is the basic investigation required in a large number of patients not only in the emergency room, every patient over the age of forty years requires EKG during his/her medical evaluation, especially so if there are certain risk factors or clinical features suggesting cardiac involvement. The first step is to learn to read the normal EKG and then the various abnormalities. The abnormalities can be in rate, rhythm, axis, chamber enlargement and flow of current. Ischemic heart disease, heart failure and rhythm disturbances, both fast and slow, are the common cardiac emergencies. Hence reading an EKG becomes very important for all medical students and residents. These can be reliably diagnosed with resting EKG. Serial EKG may sometimes be required in some cases especially ischemic heart disease. The presence of acute angina pectoris and myocardial infarction can be picked up and important treatment decisions can be made on the basis of these. Especially important is the serial changes in EKG. Similarly tachy arrhythmias can be a serious problem. They may be a consequence of a cardiac event or they occur as independent phenomenon and can worsen the cardiac condition. In this context it is important to mention that broad complex tachycardia in particular can be real problem. To differentiate the cause of broad complex tachycardia certain features of EKG are very useful as treatment of this very serious cardiac emergency is different for different etiologies and they may occur as isolated events as well. Similarly heart blocks are important situations especially third degree or complete heart block which may require pacing.