Course Coordinator: Prof. John Peter

Course Overview

This course will build on the prior foundation developed during undergraduate Physiology and Internal Medicine. The course will expand on the basics and will primarily focus on clinical diagnostics of the 12 lead EKG as well as an introduction to the diagnosis of arrhythmias.

Recommended Resources

Texts

1. The ECG made easy, by John R. Hampton – 7th edition
2. Goldberger’s Clinical Electrocardiography: A Simplified Approach, 17th edition, Ary L. Goldberger
3. ECG Wave Maven: http://ecg.bidmc.harvard.edu/maven/mavenmain.asp

Reference texts books:

1. Rapid Interpretation of EKG’s, by Dale Dubin, MD – 6th edition.
2. Making sense of the ECG – A hands-on guide, by Andrew R. Huoghton & David Gray.

Reference Video:  https://youtu.be/xIZQRjkwV9QCourse

Objectives

1. Understand the underlying physiology principles in Cardiac Electrophysiology
2. Explain the purpose of ECG monitoring.
3. Describe how ECG wave forms are formed
4. Correlate the electrophysiological and hemodynamic events occurring throughout the entire cardiac cycle with the various ECG wave forms, segments and intervals.
5. Identify how heart rates, durations, and amplitudes may be determined from ECG recordings.
6. Relate the cardiac surfaces or areas represented by the ECG leads.

Course Outline

1. Lesson 1 – Cardiac Electrophysiology
2. Lesson 2 – Conduction System
3. Review Exercise 1
4. Lesson 3 – Physics of the ECG
5. Lesson 4 – The Normal ECG
6. Lesson 5 – Conduction Abnormalities