OBJECTIVES Electrocardiograph (ECG) interpretation is a vital component of Emergency Medicine (EM) resident education, but few studies have formally examined ECG teaching methods used in residency training. Recently, the Council of EM Residency Directors (CORD) developed an Internet database of 395 ECGs that have been extensively peer-reviewed to incorporate all findings and abnormalities. We e...

The prognostic value of abnormalities on the electrocardiogram (ECG) present 1 year after initial myocardial infarction (MI) is examined in relation to reinfarction and coronary death throughout 32 years (mean, 10.1 years) of follow-up in the Framingham Heart Study. Resting 12-lead ECGs were available in 251 survivors (190 men and 61 women) of clinically recognized Q wave MI. The ECG reverted t...

The prognostic value of abnormalities on the electrocardiogram (ECG) present 1 year after initial myocardial infarction (MI) is examined in relation to reinfarction and coronary death throughout 32 years (mean, 10.1 years) of follow-up in the Framingham Heart Study. Resting 12-lead ECGs were available in 251 survivors (190 men and 61 women) of clinically recognized Q wave MI. The ECG reverted t...

A 27-year-old man was admitted to the coronary care unit because of chest pain and an electrocardiogram (ECG) read by the computer as an inferior infarct and left ventricular hypertrophy (Figure).

Sixty-five consecutive patients with recent unequivocal TIA (33) or stroke (32), but nondiagnostic arteriograms, had two-dimensional echocardiograms (2DE) and electrocardiograms (ECG) to determine the incidence of cardiac abnormalities which could cause embolic stroke. Abnormalities were classified according to increasing probability of causing an embolic event: non-specific, possible emboligen...

Sixty-five consecutive patients with recent unequivocal TIA (33) or stroke (32), but nondiagnostic arteriograms, had two-dimensional echocardiograms (2DE) and electrocardiograms (ECG) to determine the incidence of cardiac abnormalities which could cause embolic stroke. Abnormalities were classified according to increasing probability of causing an embolic event: non-specific, possible emboligen...

BACKGROUND  Congenital left ventricular aneurysm (LVA) and diverticulum (LVD) are rare cardiac anomalies frequently associated with electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term prognosis in such patients. METHODS AND RESULTS  A total of 108 patients with LVA or LVD having ECG-abnormalities were assessed. The patients were classified into 2 groups ...

Sixty-five consecutive patients with recent unequivocal TIA (33) or stroke (32), but nondiagnostic arteriograms, had two-dimensional echocardiograms (2DE) and electrocardiograms (ECG) to determine the incidence of cardiac abnormalities which could cause embolic stroke. Abnormalities were classified according to increasing probability of causing an embolic event: non-specific, possible emboligen...

There is a growing literature on the effects of psychological distress and coronary heart disease (CHD). As time has passed, the evidence has grown stronger that this association reflects the influence of psychological states on medical outcomes and not vice versa, although the reasons for the association remain unclear. In this issue of the International Journal of Epidemiology there is an exc...

There is limited information on correlates of left ventricular wall motion (WM) abnormalities in ambulatory patients with hypertension and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy by Cornell voltage-duration product and/or Sokolow-Lyon voltage criteria. Therefore, we assessed the prevalence and the correlates of echocardiographic global and segmental left ventricular WM abnormalities in 942 hypertensiv...