Pocket Tutor: ECG Interpretation

Table of Contents
Ch 1 First principles
Anatomy / Physiology / Cell physiology / Technicalities – recording the ECG
Ch 2 The 12-lead ECG
Introduction / The limb leads / The chest leads / The lead orientation / ECG nomenclature
Ch 3 Interpreting the ECG
Introduction / Step 1: Is there electrical activity? / Step 2. What is the QRS (ventricular) rate? / Step 3: Is the rhythm regular? / Step 4: Is the QRS narrow (normal) or broad? / Step 5. Is there atrial electrical activity? / Step 6: How is the atrial activity related to the ventricular activity? / Glossary of distinct ECG signs
Ch 4 Bradyarrhythmias I: sinoatrial node dysfunction
Sinus bradycardia / Sinus pause with junctional escape beat
Ch 5 Bradyarrhythmias II: conduction abnormalities
First degree atrioventricular block / Second-degree atrioventricular block, Mobitz type 1 or Wenkebach / Second-degree atrioventricular block, Mobitz type 2 / Second-degree heart block: 2:1 atrioventricular block / Third-degree (complete) atrioventricular block With narrow QRS / Third-degree (complete) atrioventricular block with broad QRS / Right bundle branch block / Left bundle branch block
Ch 6 Ectopic beats
Atrial ectopic beats / Ventricular ectopic beats / Junctional ectopic beats
Ch 7 Atrial arrhythmias
Atrial tachycardia / Multifocal atrial tachycardia / Atrial flutter with 2:1 block / Atrial fibrillation / Atrial fibrillation with left bundle branch block
Ch 8 Narrow-complex tachyarrhythmias (supraventricular tachycardias)
Atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia / Atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia / Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: right-sided pathway / Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: left lateral pathway / Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome: posterior pathway / Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome plus atrial fibrillation
Ch 9 Broad-complex tachyarrhythmias
Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia / Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia / Torsade de points / Ventricular fibrillation / Supraventricular tachycardia / Supraventricular tachycardia with bundle branch block
Ch 10 Ischaemia and infarction
ST segment depression (cardiac ischaemia) / Acute myocardial ischaemia: T wave inversion and the LAD syndrome / ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: anterior / ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: acute inferior / ST segment elevation myocardial infarction: posterior / Completed myocardial infarction
Ch 11 Inherited arrhythmia problems
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia / Long QT syndrome / Brugada syndrome
Ch 12 Miscellaneous conditions
Pericarditis / Left ventricular hypertrophy / Right ventricular hypertrophy / Pulmonary embolus / Pacemaker / Hyperkalaemia / Hypokalaemia / Hypercalcaemia / Hypocalcaemia