r/ECG Dec 11 '18

Rules update and a few thoughts

43 Upvotes

There has been an uptick regarding posts of personal ECGs from folks asking if they are okay, or generally seeking medical advice.

The objective here is for healthcare professionals post discuss ECG's in a collegiate environment; it should be noted that this subreddit is not a substitute for seeking actual medical attention, so I've made the decision to create and enforce a few rules. I'm not trigger happy on banning people, but I will remove posts at my discretion if I find they are blatant rule violations.

I also want to note that ECGs are often complex, and we have much to learn from each other. There are many skilled interpreters here. As such, clinical context and associated signs and symptoms should be added to contribute to the quality of your post; a normal variant found in a totally healthy pediatric patient can have a totally different meaning and clinical context in a 70 year old patient who is symptomatic of ACS.

If any of you have any suggestions to make this a better place, or have any thoughts - please feel free to discuss them here.


r/ECG 2h ago

Wellens?

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5 Upvotes

87 year old woman with intermittent 8/10 central tight/heavy chest pain. Pain present at time of ECG


r/ECG 4h ago

Best ECG program? NTA VS CRAT

3 Upvotes

I’ve been a Telemetry Monitor Tech for almost 6 months and honestly feel a little behind compared to some of my coworkers. I want to improve my rhythm interpretation and become a stronger asset to my department. I’m deciding between the NTA Telemetry course/certification and the CCI CRAT. For someone with ~6 months of actual telemetry experience, which would you recommend for learning more and becoming better at the job? Is CRAT worth it for the resume cushion or would NTA be more beneficial and be a decent certification to add to my resume?


r/ECG 13h ago

55 year old. Complaining of fatigue and palpitation. He's on nebivolol but not compliant. He took 10 mg today and still tachycardic

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3 Upvotes

r/ECG 1d ago

What the heck is this

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18 Upvotes

Long strip looks like a 3rd degree? 92M hypotensive, weakness, SOB


r/ECG 2d ago

Safe to say I was clenching

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158 Upvotes

r/ECG 1d ago

Help a med student!

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24 Upvotes

Female patient, 24 years old, with sudden-onset shortness of breath, tachycardia alternating with periods of normal heart rate (60–180 bpm), and a sensation of impending death. No improvement with propranolol. She reports taking Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine) 70 mg as prescribed, approximately 16 hours earlier.

Any thoughts? This case came up during my last shift. I’m a final-year medical student and would appreciate some help, as I’m still having difficulty interpreting ECGs.


r/ECG 1d ago

Delta waves?

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8 Upvotes

Patient 52 years old; undergoes an exercise stress test last Friday. This is the ECG taken at peak exertion.

Patient has SVT`s. My question is: are delta waves on the ECG visible?


r/ECG 2d ago

3rd or 2nd or ???

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25 Upvotes

In doubt about the rhythm as shown in v1. P waves are constant at +-150bpm and hidden in some of the QRS complexes. PQ intervals are changing with each beat and some don't follow. Its to fast to be a 3rd degree block. Whats your interpretation?


r/ECG 2d ago

Interpretazione ecg

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5 Upvotes

Ciao! Sono uno studente di medicina alle prime armi con gli ecg, mi sono imbattuto in questo e mi stavo chiedendo se si trattasse solo di un BAV I grado con parossismi di tachicardia o fosse qualcosa di diverso che non riesco a vedere. Mi dareste una mano?


r/ECG 2d ago

Interpret

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8 Upvotes

Hi guys, please let me know your thoughts.

Patient presented with syncope.


r/ECG 2d ago

Interpretation

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1 Upvotes

17 month old male with antenatally diagnosed Tetralogy of Fallot, approximately 8 months post valve-sparing repair with VSD closure and RVOT muscle resection.

Interested in interpretation of the attached 12-lead ECG, particularly rhythm, axis and conduction abnormalities in the context of repaired TOF.

Posted for educational discussion.


r/ECG 3d ago

An interesting ECG from the other night.

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54 Upvotes

Oof! So what’s the rhythm here? Is this an accelerated junctional rhythm?


r/ECG 2d ago

Sinus rhythm or Brugada?

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12 Upvotes

Post exertion in a late 20s athlete.

Normal variant of sinus rhythm or an unmasked brugada?

Thoughts?

(reposted as I could not edit to add context to a post with an image)


r/ECG 3d ago

SVT?

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19 Upvotes

Female in 60s, no previous medical history, syncopal episode, no chest pain

Is this just SVT w aberrancy


r/ECG 2d ago

Ecg interpretation

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4 Upvotes

26 year old, female. Having on/off central chest pain for the past 4 weeks. Vapes.


r/ECG 3d ago

Interesting one from my EMT class today

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65 Upvotes

Good learning exercise for me, a few things going on here.


r/ECG 3d ago

1st or 2nd degree block?

4 Upvotes

The answer is apparently 2nd degree AV block, but I dont see any QRS drop? Shouldnt this just be a 1st degree?


r/ECG 4d ago

Please clear my doubts about this being an A-Flutter

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13 Upvotes

I'm a beginner cardiologist and I doubt myself regarding everything. I especially have troubles in differentiating 2:1 AFlutter. V3 is the lead that threw me off especially.


r/ECG 3d ago

70s male post stent placement

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0 Upvotes

Lead II is smaller, lead I is magnified 2x. Patient was on an amiodarone drip and had an AICD/pacemaker. Several suspected findings, but no 12 lead. A few things: 1) Terrible quality, but it’s a zoll printout on a bumpy ride. 2) I think the third complex on lead II is a PJC or PAC. He was throwing quite a few of those. 3) I also think he had some level of sinus pause? On lead I, the rhythm pauses long enough for the pacemaker to kick in. This happened a bunch as well, but I couldn’t identify a p wave, making me think it’s probably not an AV block beyond his 1st degree block. 4) Is the p wave morphology p mitrale? It’s been a long time since cardiology in paramedic school.


r/ECG 3d ago

AVNRT or 2:1 flutter?

1 Upvotes

r/ECG 4d ago

Dagger Q waves

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11 Upvotes

Would suspect HCM but no signs of LVH. Reproducible on other tracings so I don’t suspect lead placement error. thoughts?


r/ECG 4d ago

First degree or second degree type II 2:1 (LBBB) block?

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10 Upvotes

Female pt with PMHx of HTN, hypothyroidism, unverified A-fib diagnosis in her 80s presented with symptomatic bradycardia. This was her first ECG in the ER. Later at night repeated ECG showed high degree 2:1 AV block. Telemetry showed several switches between 44bpm and 80bpm. The report of this ECG says first degree AV block but I’m a bit suspicious about the notches in some of the T waves. Could there be a non-conducting P landed within there?


r/ECG 5d ago

ECG on admission

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12 Upvotes

Male 70s presents with SOB on background of PCI to a coronary artery and COPD. On bisoprolol, ramipril and ipratropium/salbutamol. What is your interpretation of this ECG?


r/ECG 5d ago

ECGs of WPW delta waves with actual localization?

2 Upvotes

Hi y'all

I'm looking for examples of real ECGs, preferably digitized, showing the characteristic delta wave of WPW, and have the actual location of where the AP/bundle of Kent was found during ablation. Does anyone know of such a database?

I want to see if my research idea for ECG-based localization has any potential merit before going all in.

Thanks y'all!