Assessing and Understanding ECGs: The ECG10+ tool

Section One (Textbook content)
Part 1 ECGs in primary care / outside the hospital setting - Indications and quality of assessment
1.1 ECGs outside the hospital setting
1.2 Patients with cardiac symptoms
1.2.1 Irregular heartbeat
1.2.2 Palpitations and tachycardia
1.2.3 Bradycardia
1.2.4 Chest pain
1.2.5 Suspected heart failure
1.2.6 A patient in the emergency room
1.2.7 ECGs in childhood
1.3 Screening in patients without complaints
1.3.1 Increased cardiovascular risk
1.3.2 Screening for atrial fibrillation
1.3.3 Screening after syncope
1.3.4 Screening upon starting QT-elongating medication
1.3.5 Pre-operative screening
1.3.6 Screening in sportspeople
1.3.7 Screening in family members of patients with sudden cardiac death
1.4 Quality of ECG assessment by non-cardiologists
1.5 Summary: indications of ECGs by non-cardiologists

Part 2 Making and understanding ECGs - basic electrophysiology and electrocardiography
2.1 Instructions for making ECGs
2.1.1 Electrodes and leads
2.1.2 Tips and tricks for high quality ECGs
2.1.3 ECG interpretation software
2.2 Explaing the ECG-waves
2.2.1 ECG-registration of heart activity
2.2.2 ECG-leads explained
2.2.3 ECG-paper: settings and definitions
2.2.4 Explaining P-, Q-, R-, S- and T-waves

Part 3 Assessing and understanding ECGs - systematic assessment using the ECG10+ method
3.1 Introduction ECG10+ checklist
3.2 ECG10+ checklist: systematics and explanation
3.2.1 ECG10+ point 1: frequency, regularity (and rhythm)
3.2.2 ECG10+ point 2: heart axis
3.2.3 ECG10+ point 3: P-wave
3.2.4 ECG10+ point 4: PQ-interval
3.2.5 ECG10+ point 5: Q-wave
3.2.5 ECG10+ point 6: QRS-complex (R-progression, height, width)
3.2.6 ECG10+ point 7: ST-interval
3.2.7 ECG10+ point 8: T-wave
3.2.8 ECG10+ point 9: QT-interval
3.2.10 ECG10+ point 10: Rhythm
3.2.11 ECG10+ point +: Diagnosis and plan
3.3 Keep it simple!

Part 4 Reference
4.1 Summary
4.2 Main illustrations in overview

Section Two Case studies: 31 cases
No complaints
1 Hypertension
2 Examination
3 Safely exercising
4 Sudden cardiac death in the family
5 Routine ECG
6 'Fun' ECG
Slow
7 Woman of high age
8 Unwell while swimming
9 Progressive exercise intolerancy
10 Fatigue
Fast
11 Palpitaions
12 Dizziness upon bending over
13 Dyspnea upon exercise
14 Agoraphobia
15 Working 80 hours a week
16 Chest pain upon exercise
Fast-summary
Palpitations
17 Missing beats
18 Frightened
19 Heart in the throat
20 Brady-tachy
Pain
21 Blessing in disguise
22 Sick
23 Irradiating pain
24 Oppressive pain
25 112-call
26 Coronary artery disease?
Chronic
27 Heart failure
28 Unknown history
29 Progressive complaints
30 Shortness of breath and ankle edema
31 A psychiatric patient

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• Medicina cardiovascular
• Fisiologia

ECG; heart pathology; primary care; electrophysiology; electrocardiography