Clinical competence in electrocardiography

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Paediatric electrocardiography.

ACC/AHA clinical competence statement on electrocardiography and ambulatory electrocardiography: A report of the ACC/AHA/ACP-ASIM task force on clinical competence (ACC/AHA Committee to develop a clinical competence statement on electrocardiography and ambulatory electrocardiography) endorsed by the International Society for Holter and noninvasive electrocardiology.

I. Preamble The granting of clinical staff privileges to physicians is a primary mechanism used by institutions to uphold the quality of care. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations requires that the granting of continuing medical staff privileges be based on assessments of applicants against professional criteria specified in the medical staff bylaws. Physicians the...

Chest Leads in Clinical Electrocardiography.

In a previous communication Sorsky and Wood (1937) presented the normal appearances of chest lead electrocardiograms, paying particular attention to normal variations and to the position of the proximal electrode. As the question of standardizing the technique for chest leads was then under consideration by the Cardiac Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the American Heart Association, fur...

Clinical Fetal Electrocardiography *

Interest in clinical fetal electrocardiography dates back to 1906 when Cremer4 published two tracings apparently showing fetal deflections of about 0.5 mm. amplitude superimposed on the maternal electrocardiogram of a nine-months gravid woman. The records were obtained with a string galvanometer electrocardiograph with one lead on the abdomen and one in the vagina. During the next 25 years Foa7...

ABC of clinical electrocardiography: Atrial arrhythmias.

In adults a tachycardia is any heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute. Supraventricular tachycardias may be divided into two distinct groups depending on whether they arise from the atria or the atrioventricular junction. This article will consider those arising from the atria: sinus tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia. Tachycardias arising from re-ent...