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Unusual ECG Patterns of the Heart

Unusual ECG Patterns of the Heart. By: Natalie Kennedy. What is an ECG?. It stands for electrocardiogram It is an instrument that measures electrical readings of the heart It traces cardiac cycles of the heart in segments and waves. Importance of an ECG.

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Unusual ECG Patterns of the Heart

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  1. Unusual ECG Patterns of the Heart By: Natalie Kennedy

  2. What is an ECG? • It stands for electrocardiogram • It is an instrument that measures electrical readings of the heart • It traces cardiac cycles of the heart in segments and waves

  3. Importance of an ECG • Doctors have the ability to see exactly when electrical signals that are sent from the heart • Detects abnormal heart contractions • Can lead to correct diagnostic of specific heart trouble

  4. ECG Readings • P wave- atrial depolarization form the SA node in the atrium • QRS Complex- ventricular depolarization and a simultaneous atrial repolarization • T wave ventricular repolarization

  5. Conclusions of ECG Readings Healthy individuals are represented by normal ECG readings. There are several reasons one may have abnormal readings: • abnormal heart rhythms • hypertrophy of the heart • low blood flow to the heart • high blood pressure • damage to the heart due to lack of oxygen

  6. What does it look like? Normal ECG reading Abnormal ECG reading

  7. References Andrag, Liesel, De Decker, Rik (December 2011). Pattern Recognition in Paediatric ECGS. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.gsu.edu/eds/detail?sid=62162ee0-0d04-4995-827c-ab9244258657%40sessionmgr15&vid=6&hid=27&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwrzlwxpdmu%3d#db=a9h&an=76476024 Hoffmayer, Kurt S. Yang, Yanfei Joseph, Stephen Mccabe, James M. Bhave, Prashant Hsu, Lee, Byron K., Badhwar, Nitish, Lee, Randall J., Tseng, Zian H., Olgin, Jeffrey E., Narayan, Sanjiv M., Marcus, Gregory M., & Scheinman, Melvin M. (February 4, 2013). Predictors of Unusual ECG Characteristics in Cavotricuspid Isthmus-Dependent Atrial Flutter Ablation.. Retrieved from http://ehis.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.gsu.edu/eds/detail?vid=3&sid=62162ee0-0d04-4995-827c-ab9244258657@sessionmgr15&hid=2&bdata=jnnpdgu9zwrzlwxpdmu=#db=c9h&an=66588125 Ott, Peter (February 4, 2013). Unsual ECG. retrieved from http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/103/4/617.full

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