ECG Interpretation
1) RHYTHM:
regular, regularly irregular, irregularly irregular
2) RATE:
tachy or brady
4) CARDIAC AXIS DEVIATION:
S greater than R in lead I = RIGHT AXIS
S greater than R in lead II = LEFT AXIS
3) P wave =atria depolarising
should be 1 P for every QRS:
How many Ps per QRS?
How long is the PQ interval?
irregular P with irregular rhythm QRS = AF
absent P with wide QRS = Ventricular Tachy
absent P with narrow QRS = Junctional Tachy
continuos undulating sawtooth baseline P = Atrial Flutter
continuos with 2P per 1 QRS = Atrial Tachy with block
bifid Long P waves = LA enlargement
peaked tall P waves = RA enlargement
normal rate, 2Ps per QRS = second degree block
Progressive PQ lengthening = second degree block
Long PQ interval = first degree block
Ps donโt match to QRS, very brady = complete block
No P wave but a solitary QRS = ventricular extrasystole
4) Q wave =septum depolarising or hole in conduction pattern
HOW BIG? Normal unless large,
Big Q wave = Infarct in the direction of THAT LEAD
5) QRS =ventricles depolarising;
HOW BIG? Normal under 25mm,
HOW WIDE? Hyperkalemia, BBB
DEFORMED QRS?
Huge tall QRS = LV hypertrophy
Weak little QRS = old infarcted muscle
RSR pattern (โMโ) in V1 = Right Bundle Branch Block
SRS pattern (โWโ) in V1= Left Bundle Branch Block
A โDeltaโ wave (gently up-sloping R) =
= Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
6) ST SEGMENT:
DEPRESSED OR ELEVATED? Biggest ST points to the lesion
Depressed = demand ischaemia, elevated = supply ischaemia
Down-sloping ST = Digoxin therapy
CONCAVE ST elevation in all leads, with elevated PR in aVR ๎
๎๎
๎ pericarditis
7) T wave =ventricles repolarising
TALL? INVERTED?? WITH โUโ WAVE???
inverted = infarct in last 24 - 48 hrs; without Q waves = Subendocardial infarct
continuously painlessly inverted = LV hypertrophy
with U wave = HYPOKALEMIA
Tall T waves, Wide QRS, no ST segment = HYPERKALEMIA
9) U wave
just a little bump on the end of the T wave = HYPOKALEMIA ๎
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P
is the
HEART BLOCK WAVE
P is also the ENLARGED ATRIUM WAVE
Q is the INFARCT WAVE
QRS is the CARDIAC AXIS COMPASS
ST is the ISCHAEMIA SEGMENT
T is the HYPERKALEMIA WAVE
U wave is the HYPOKALEMIA WAVE
Long P = LAH; RSR = RBBB;
ST Depression = Demand ischaemia
RBBB
LBBB
The higher the Ca++
The shorter the QT
Lead II looks from the
NORMAL DIRECTION
II, III, aVF ๎
๎๎
๎ inf. view
V1, V2 = Rt Heart
V3, V4 = Septum
V5, V6 = Lt Heart
V1 V6
Evolution of an infarct:
ST๎ Q wave 12hrs later ๎ T inversion
PR = 1 big square
Wolff
-
Parkinson
-
White syndrome
Max QRS = 3 small squares
QRS in lead
I
is
smaller and in lead II
is bigger on inspiration
put together by Alex Yartsev: Sorry if i used your images
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