This presentation was prepared by Dr. Prasanna Simha M.R for the student-participants of IACTS SCORE 2020, which was held between 7-8 March 2020 at SSSIHMS, Whitefield, Bengaluru.
This presentation eludes to the fundamentals and must-knows for preliminary diagnosis of various anomalies of the heart that represent themselves either discreetly or thoroughly on the electrocardiogram.
2. GOAL OF AN ECG
• TO BUILD A PICTURE OF THE PATIENT
• WHAT IS THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTION OF THE HEART
• CHAMBERS OF THE HEART THAT ARE ENLARGED AND ITS TYPE
• SPECIFIC DIAGNOSTIC MORPHOLOGY OF ECG’S
• HOW DOES THE ECG DIFFER FROM WHAT PICTURE HAS BEEN DRAWN CLINICALLY
AND WRT OTHER INVESTIGATIONS
3. STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR AN ECG
• STANDARDIZATION AND SPEED
• RATE RHYTHM
• AXIS
• LOOP
• P WITH ATRIAL CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT
• PR
• QRS WITH VENTRICULAR CHAMBER ENLARGEMENT
• J POINT ST
• T
• U
• ADDITIONAL THING LIKE QT
4. • LOOK AT THE STANDARDIZATION
SIGNAL
• WHAT IS THE LARGE VERTICAL
ARROW EQUAL TO IN A REGULAR
ECG ?
• WHAT DOES THE SMALL
HORIZONTAL VALUE REPRESENT IN
A REGULAR ECG
• HALF STANDARDIZATION – WHEN IS
IT USED ?
• HIGHER SPEEDS – WHEN IS IT
USED ?
SPEED AND STANDARDIZATION
5. • WHAT IS ECG SPEED IN A
STANDARD ECG
• 25MM/SECOND
• ONE SMALL SQUARE -40
MICROSEC OR 0.04 SEC
• RATEIS DETERMINED BY
• ?/ RR INTERVAL -SMALL SQUARE
• ? RR INTERVAL/- LARGE SQUARE
• HOW IS RATE CALCULATED IN AFIB
?
• BRADYCARDIA ?
• SCENARIOS –
• CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE
WITH BRADYCARDIA
• IHD WITH BRADYCARDIA
• OPCAB BRADYCARDIA
• VALVE DISEASE BRADYCARDIA
• TACHYCARDIA ?
RATE
7. AXIS
• HOW TO CALCULATE THE AXIS ?
• RIGHT AXIS / LEFT AXIS
• INAPPROPRIATE AXIS
• ASD WITH LEFT AXIS ?
• TOF WITH LEFT AXIS ?
• TOF WITH NORTHWEST AXIS ?
8. LOOP
• WHAT IS
• CLOCKWISE LOOP
• ANTICLOCKWISE LOOP
• TOF WITH ANTICLOCKWISE LOOP ?
• ASD WITH ANTICLOCKWISE LOOP ?
9. • ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC SEGMENT: :
LINE (USUALLY ISOELECTRIC) THAT
CONNECTS TWO WAVES WITHOUT
INCLUDING EITHER ONE OF THEM.
• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC INTERVAL:
PORTION OF THE EKG (ECG) THAT
INCLUDES A SEGMENT AND ONE OR MORE
WAVES.
• PR INTERVAL – SURGICAL IMPLICATIONS
• QT INTERVAL SURGICAL IMPLICATIONS QT
> ½ RR
• ST SEGMENT ELEVATION DEPRESSION
SURGICAL IMPLICATIONS
WHAT IS AN INTERVAL AND WHAT IS A SEGMENT ?
10. P WAVE
• NEGATIVE TERMINAL DEFLECTION IN LEAD V1 MORE THAN 1MM IN DEPTH
• P MITRALE ?
• P CONGENITALE/TRICUSPIDALE/PULMONALE
• MECHANISM OF P MITRALE
• ASD WITH ABNORMAL P WAVE AXIS ? (inverted P wave in lead III)
• HIMALAYAN P WAVE
11. PR INTERVAL
• VALVE DISEASE WITH FIRST DEGREE HEART BLOCK ?
• FIRST DEGREE HEART BLOCK AND TACHYCARDIA ?
• FEVER ,CARDIAC DISEASE AND HEART BLOCK ?
• FEVER WITH INAPPRORIATE TACHYCARDIAAND PROLONGED PR INTERVAL ?
12. QRS
• NORMAL QRS WIDTH
• IRBBB RBBB (rSR’)
• LBBB (M pattern)
• ASD
• WHAT HAPPENS TO IRBBB AFTER SURGERY
• WHAT HAPPENS TO SPLIT AFTER SURGERY
• TOF – QRS
• ABSENCE OF SUDDEN TRANSITION
• SINGLE VENTRICLE QRS
• SPLINTERED QRS
13. Q WAVE
• INFARCT Q WAVE /NON INFARCT Q WAVE
• Q WAVE – LVVO
• Q WAVE LOOP
• ECG FEATURES OF AN MI
14. ST SEGMENT
• ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION
• ST SEGMENT ELEVATION
• NON INFARCT ST SEGEMENT ELEVATION / DEPRESSION
• DIG EFFECT
15. T WAVE
• TALL T WAVES
• HYPOTHERMIA
• T WAVE INVERSION ?
16. U WAVE
• HYPOKALEMIA
• THYROTOXIICOSIS
• HYPERCALCEMIA
• LAD DISEASE IN WIDOW MAKER LESION
• DON’T FORGET NORMAL IN THE YOUNG
17. SUMMARY
• ALWAYS PREDICT ECG BASEDON CLINICAL FINDINGS
• WRITE DOWN WHAT ARE THE ECG FINDINGS IN THE GIVEN CASE
• FIND OUT WHY THERE IS A DISCORDANCE IF ANY
• HOW DO ADDITIONAL INVESTIGATIONS BRING ANY LIGHT TO THIS DISCORDANCE