1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Division of Ciology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 3 Division of Ciology, Seattle Children's ...

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...

I was involved in a malpractice case a couple of years ago as a consultant. The case involved an emergency physician who was being sued for failure to make a rapid diagnosis of an ST-segment elevation ...

An electrocardiogram is a picture of the electrical conduction of the heart. By examining changes from normal on the ECG, clinicians can identify a multitude of cardiac disease processes. There are ...

If it’s important that an ECG is done, it’s important that it’s legible. Asking patients to hold their breath for a couple of seconds can help, or if fine tremor is a problem, try moving the limb ...

What are the sensitivity and specificity of computer-generated ECG interpretation? What is the most common reason cardiologists disagree with such interpretation? —Harry Ballantyne, PA-C, Odenton, Md.

Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is a pathologic cardiac condition in which the interventricular septum is abnormally thickened. The classic finding in HOCM is large dagger-like “septal ...

An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a recording of the electrical activity of the heart and is used to diagnose cardiovascular disorders. Remote ECG interpretation consultancy services provide expert ...