Clinical Electrocardiography : Review and Study Guide

Overview
The best review available for the ECG section of the cardiology boards! This exceptional resource offers 200 full-sized
ECGs with accompanying patient histories in a format parallel to the cardiology certification exam. The included ECGs
range from simple to complex, reflecting conditions common and rare.

Table of contents
Table of Electrocardiographic Diagnoses

I. RHYTHM ABNORMALITIES

A. Supraventricular Rhythms and Complexes
1. Sinus rhythm
2. Sinus arrhythmia
3. Sinus bradycardia
4. Sinus tachycardia
5. Wandering atrial pacemaker within the sinus node
6. Wandering atrial pacemaker to the AV junction
7. Sinus arrest or pause
8. Sinoatrial exit block
9. Ectopic atrial rhythm
10. Atrial premature complexes, normally conducted
11. Atrial premature complexes, aberrantly conducted
12. Atrial premature complexes, nonconducted
13. Multifocal atrial rhythm
14. Multifocal atrial tachycardia
15. Atrial tachycardia, regular 1:1 conduction, sustained
16. Atrial tachycardia, regular 1:1 conduction, short paroxysms
17. Atrial tachycardia, with non-1:1 conduction (with block)
18. Supraventricular tachycardia, unspecified
19. Atrial flutter
20. Atrial fibrillation

B. AV Junctional Rhythms and Complexes
21. AV junctional rhythm
22. AV junctional escape rhythm
23. AV junctional rhythm, accelerated
24. AV junctional escape complexes
25. AV junctional premature complexes

C. Ventricular Rhythms and Complexes
26. Ventricular premature complex(es), uniform
27. Ventricular premature complex(es), multiform
28. Ventricular premature complexes, paired
29. Ventricular parasystole
30. Ventricular tachycardia
31. Accelerated idioventricular rhythm
32. Ventricular fibrillation
33. Torsades de pointes

D. Pacemaker Function, Rhythms, and Complexes
34. Single-chamber atrial pacing
35. Single-chamber pacemaker, ventricular pacing on demand
36. Single-chamber pacemaker, ventricular pacing with complete control
37. Dual-chamber pacemaker, atrial sensing with ventricular pacing
38. Dual-chamber pacemaker, atrial and ventricular sensing and pacing
39. Pacemaker malfunction, failure to capture atrium or ventricle appropriately
40. Pacemaker malfunction, failure to sense atrial or ventricular complexes appropriately
41. Pacemaker malfunction, failure to fire appropriately on demand (inappropriate sensing of stimuli or complex)

II. AV CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES
42. AV block, first-degree
43. AV block, second-degree, Mobitz I (Wenckebach)
44. AV block, second-degree, Mobitz II
45. AV block, second-degree, 2:1
46. AV block, high-grade
47. AV block, third-degree or complete
48. Accelerated AV conduction (short PR interval pattern with normal QRS duration in sinus rhythm)
49. Ventricular preexcitation (WPW pattern)
50. Physiologic AV conduction delay associated with supaventricular tachyarrhythmias.
51. Nonphysiologic AV conduction delay associated with su praventricular tachyarrhythmias

III. MISCELLANEOUS AV RELATIONSHIPS
52. Ventriculophasic sinus arrhythmia
53. AV dissociation
54. Reciprocal (echo) complexes
55. Retrograde atrial activation from a ventricular focus
56. Fusion complexes
57. Ventricular capture complexes
58. Interpolation of ventricular premature complexes

IV. P-WAVE ABNORMALITIES
59. Right atrial abnormality
60. Left atrial abnormality
61. Biatrial abnormality
62. Nonspecific atrial abnormality
63. PR depression

V. ABNORMALITIES OF QRS AXIS OR VOLTAGE
64. Left axis deviation
65. Right axis deviation
66. Poor R-wave progression
67. Low voltage, limb leads
68. Low voltage, precordial leads
69. Electrical alternans

VI. INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES,
70. Right bundle branch block, complete
71. Right bundle branch block, incomplete
72. Left anterior fascicular block
73. Left posterior fascicular block
74. Left bundle branch block, complete
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