An electrocardiogram (ECG / EKG) is an electrical recording of the heart and is used in the investigation of heart disease. This library is a collection of realistic looking recordings which will help improve your ECG skills. Information about the library and the techniques used to reproduce the recordings is available. There are also details of our book ECGs by Example.
Contents
The normal electrocardiogram.
ischaemic heart disease
Acute inferior myocardial infarctionAcute anterior myocardial infarction
Acute posterior myocardial infarction
Old inferior myocardial infarction
Acute myocardial infarction in the presence of LBBB
hypertrophy patterns
Left ventricular and left atrial hypertrophy - aortic stenosisMitral Stenosis
Right atrial hypertrophy
Left ventricular hypertrophy in the presence of left anterior hemiblock
atrioventricular (AV) block
First degree AV block2 to 1 Atrioventricular block
Complete Heart Block
Complete heart block and atrial fibrillation
bundle branch block
Right Bundle Branch BlockLeft anterior hemiblock
Left bundle branch block
'Trifascicular' block
supraventricular rhythms
Sinus bradycardiaSinus tachycardia
Atrial Bigeminy
Atrial Premature Beat
Atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular response
Atrial fibrillation with pre-existing LBBB
Atrial Flutter
Atrial flutter with 2:1 AV conduction
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with atrial fibrillation
ventricular rhythms
Ventricular premature beatsVentricular bigeminy
Idioventricular escape rhythm in Complete Heart Block
Ventricular tachycardia with clear AV dissociation
Ventricular tachycardia with subtle AV dissociation
Torsade de pointes ventricular tachycardia
Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia with an ICD
Ventricular Fibrillation
pacemakers
Ventricular pacemakerDual Chamber Pacemaker with an ICD
Wolff Parkinson White syndrome
WPW syndrome - left lateral pathwayWPW syndrome - anteroseptal pathway
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with atrial fibrillation
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome with atrial fibrillation (another example)
miscellaneous
Implantable Cardioverter DefibrillatorElectrical Alternans - pericardial effusion
Long QT interval Romano-Ward Syndrome
Lown-Ganong-Levine Syndrome
Acute pulmonary embolus
Hyperkalaemia
Hypokalaemia
Piggy-back heart transplant
Digitalis effect
other
The electrical axis at a glance.A brief history of electrocardiography
A page of comments and corrections for our book 'ECGs by Example'.