…account for a substantial proportion of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Clinically, they may be categorized according to whether they are: Not associated with…

…According to the European Society for Cardiology, 2800 adults per 1 million individuals have congenital heart defects, and half of them have moderate or complicated…

…generally do not resolve simply with cessation of activity, unlike typical exertional angina. A precipitating factor is identifiable in up to one half of cases…

…should lead to suspicion of ischemia (if the patient has symptoms consistent with ischemia). The same is true for artificial pacemakers (virtually all pacemakers stimula

…1 B). Such ST segment elevations are extremely common in all populations. They occur in young, old, healthy and diseased individuals. For example, roughly 90…

…to such ECG changes. It must also be noted that the J point is occasionally suboptimal for measuring ST segment deviation. This is explained by…

…as compared with other segmentation models. Figure 1. Standardized myocardial segmentation and nomenclature for echocardiography. The left ventricle is divided into 17 segments for 2D…

…an accessory pathway). This is associated with a delta wave. For further details on the PR interval and the PR segment, refer to The normal…

ECG Video lecture: The ST segment: J point, J 60 point, ST depression & ST elevation

…of the P wave, PR interval and PR segment The P wave ECG interpretation usually starts with assessment of the P wave. The P wave…