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

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 09:52

Patient data:  64-year old man who, prior to this ECG, had been in normal sinus rhythm.  Whatever your level of sophistication in rhythm interpretation (i.e., basic, intermediate, or advanced), this ECG has a little bit of something for everybody.  Basic interpreters will undoubtedly recognize the dominant disturbance of rhythm.  Intermediate interpreters will probably add more descriptors to their interpretation that will better describe the overall pattern.  Advanced interpreters will recognize the unique nature of multilev

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for March 17th - 24th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sat, 03/16/2013 - 06:20

Patient's clinical data:  Unknown aged white man.

What well-known eponym can technically be applied to this 12-lead ECG?  HINT:  It takes on a somewhat unusual form here.

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Jason's Blog: ECG Challenge of the Week for Jan. 13th - 20th.

Submitted by jer5150 on Sun, 01/13/2013 - 10:12

Patient's clinical data:  46-year-old black man

The computer's interpretation was "undetermined rhythm". 

What is the source and mechanism of this rhythm?

 

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LYME DISEASE CAUSING AV BLOCK

Submitted by jer5150 on Wed, 08/01/2012 - 20:11

We are now in the month of August. Lyme Disease Awareness Month was about 4 months ago in May but that doesn’t mean that the number of cases are in decline.  As a result of the mild winter, deer populations are thriving and consequently deer ticks are booming.   

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