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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the months of July and August, 2014.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 07/05/2014 - 11:51

This is an ECG I performed a couple of years ago on an asymptomatic 83-year old man as an outpatient procedure. 

The computer interpreted this as:  "Marked sinus bradycardia [with] Frequent Premature ventricular complexes".  IS THE COMPUTER CORRECT?  Is there more than one plausible interpretation?  What is the differential diagnosis?

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the month of June, 2014.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 05/31/2014 - 11:00

This is an ECG I performed on a 65-year old man about 5 years ago.  He mentioned something to me about his past medical history before we got started but, in truth, I would have recognized it had he not told me beforehand.  What did he tell me and what does this ECG reveal? 

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge for the month of May, 2014.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 05/18/2014 - 10:12

Patient data:  54-year old man who recently underwent a major cardiac procedure.  At first glance, this ECG may not appear to be particularly unique but a closer inspection reveals something unusual going on here. 

HINT:  The telling clue can be found in lead II but you'll have to use calipers and think "outside-the-box".  3 days after this ECG, the patient reverted back to sinus rhythm but continued to display this one finding.  Good luck! 

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Book Review: Dr. Ken Grauer's ECG Pocket Brain 2014, Expanded Version E-PUB

Submitted by Dawn on Thu, 03/20/2014 - 11:25

Want to know more about bundle branch block, IVCD, Wolff-Parkinson-White, Brugada?  Need a systematic approach to evaluating 12-Lead ECGs?  Need to brush up on your arrhythmia interpretation?  How do you explain prolonged QT intervals and Torsades de Pointes to your students?  All this and MUCH, MUCH more in Dr. Grauer's new 2014 ECG Pocket Brain, E-PUB edition.  This is the BEST comprehensive resource out there for ECG instructors and students alike!

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Amal Mattu's ECG Case of the Week: Feb 17, 2014

Submitted by jer5150 on Mon, 02/17/2014 - 10:25

3 cases, 17 minutes, "Rocket T-waves" need cath...even without STE!

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