ANNOUNCING: More Free Content!

ECG Academy is now offering a number of FREE PROGRAMS including Arrhythmia Workshops and Advanced ChalkTalks, as a preview of videos to be offered to Advanced Level Subscribers. The workshops are 40 minute advanced lectures recorded live and presented by the creator of ECG Academy.

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CHALKTALK SAMPLES

 

Free Sample Videos From The Basic Course:

ENGINEERING CONCEPTS

• Basic electrical concepts – what is electricity
• Electrical circuits
• How we record electrical events

INTRODUCTION TO THE HEART

• Cardiac tissues and electricity
• Cardiac Action Potentials
• 3-D Anatomy of the heart
• Cardiac conduction system
• Electrical events of the heart

ECG RECORDING BASICS

• ECG recording systems
• ECG electrode: correct placement
• ECG electrodes: incorrect placement
• Intrinsic problems with ECG systems: Artifacts

ECG LEAD BASICS

• The basics of ECG “leads”
• Frontal or Limb leads
• Chest or Precordial leads

THE NORMAL ECG

• The ECG signal: First impressions
• Analyzing size and timing/duration of signals
• Determining heart rate
• ECG Interval measurements 1
• ECG Interval measurements 2: Practice

 

The Following Videos Are Available To Subscribers:

VECTORS AND ECG AXIS

• Measuring the axis
• Understanding axis deviation
• Relating the leads to anatomical regions

NORMAL SINUS RHYTHM

• Recognizing NSR
• Variations on NSR: Sinus arrhythmia
• Sinus bradycardia
• Sinus tachycardia

UNDERSTANDING CARDIAC PHYSIOLOGY

• Sinus node function
• AV node function
• His Purkinje system function

MECHANISMS OF ARRHYTHMIAS

• Disorders of impulse generation
• Disorders of impulse conduction
• Reentry
• Abnormal automaticity
• Triggered activity

APPLYING PHYSIOLOGY TO THE ECG

• Relating normal events to the ECG
• Pattern recognition versus physiology
• Understanding pathologic causes of arrhythmias

SINUS NODE DYSFUNCTION

• Sinus bradycardia
• Sinus pause / sinus arrest
• Chronotropic incompetence
• SA Exit Block

AV NODE DYSFUNCTION

• Basic concepts of AV block
• Relating to physiology of AV conduction
• First degree AV block
• Second degree AV block
• Third degree AV block
• Paroxysmal high grade AV block

PREMATURE BEATS

• Concepts of premature beats
• Atrial premature beats
• Ventricular premature beats
• Junctional premature beats
• Repetitive premature  forms
• Relating premature beats to AV conduction

ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA

• Definitions of atrial tachycardia
• Varieties of atrial tachycardia
• Mechanisms of atrial tachycardia
• Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia

ATRIAL FLUTTER

• Definitions of atrial flutter
• Varieties of atrial flutter
• Mechanisms of atrial flutter

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

• Appearance of atrial fibrillation
• Mechanisms of atrial fibrillation

INTRAVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION DISTURBANCES

• Concepts and types of IVCD
• Right bundle branch block
• Left bundle branch block
• Non-specific IVCD
• Rate-related IVCDs
• Relating to atrial arrhythmias: “Aberrant conduction”

VENTRICULAR TACHYARRHYTHMIAS

• Accelerated idioventricular rhythms
• Ventricular tachycardia – definitions
• Monomorphic versus polymorphic VT
• AV dissociation
• Fusion beats and capture beats

ATRIAL ABNORMALITIES

• Left atrial abnormality
• Right atrial abnormality
• Biatrial abnormality

HYPERTROPHY

• Left ventricular hypertrophy
• Right ventricular hypertrophy

HEMIBLOCKS

• Left anterior hemiblock
• Left posterior hemiblock
• Bifascicular block
• “Trifascicular block”
• Relating IVCDs to physiology
• His bundle electrograms

ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

• Varieties of ST abnormalities
• Ischemic ST depression
• ST elevation and myocardial infarction
• Pathologic Q-waves and infarctions
• Relating 12-lead ECG patterns and anatomy
• Coronary circulation and ischemic ECG findings

OTHER ST ABNORMALITIES

• Non-specific ST abnormalities
• Pericarditis
• Early repolarization
• Brugada Syndrome

PRE-EXCITATION (WPW Syndrome)

• Physiologic basis for pre-excitation
• Location of accessory pathways
• Relating 12-lead ECGs to pre-excitation
• Arrhythmias seen due to accessory pathways
• Other pre-excitation syndromes

PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA

• Common causes of PSVT
• Identifying electrophysiologic causes of PSVT
• P-wave timing and PSVT mechanisms

LONG QT SYNDROME

• Electrophysiologic events of the cardiac cycle
• Genetic basis for repolarization
• Varieties of congenital Long QT Syndrome
• Torsades de pointes
• Drug-induced long QT syndrome

ADVANCED TOPICS

More to come!