Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 2, 2025
Heart Rhythm [Internet]. EKG with paced complexes shown below shows much narrower QRS complex and echocardiogram showed improved LV systolic function primarily due to improvement in LV dyssynchrony. (J Bogossian H, Frommeyer G, Ninios I, Hasan F, Nguyen QS, Karosiene Z, Mijic D, Kloppe A, Suleiman H, Bandorski D, et al.
All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders
APRIL 22, 2024
While in low output heart failure the extremities are cold, in high output failure due to increased thyroid function, the extremities of the limbs are warm. Another important issue with increased thyroid function is that the heart rhythm may become irregular.
Circulation
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
Background:The emerging field of cardiac optogenetics uses pulses of light to stimulate optically-sensitive proteins in the heart, influencing cellular physiology with unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution. Potential benefits may include heart rhythm stabilization and relief from congestive heart failure (CHF).
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology
MARCH 3, 2024
Complete left bundle branch block (CLBBB)-like QRS morphology of right ventricular pacing at pacemaker implantation satisfying the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation/Heart Rhythm Society criteria of CLBBB was associated with development of pacing induced cardiomyopathy.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
AUGUST 31, 2022
So arrhythmia literally means absence or loss of rhythm. A cardiac arrhythmia therefore means loss of cardiac rhythm. It is however used in medical practice as a description for disturbance rather than absence of heart rhythm. Definitive treatment of a dysrhythmia is only possible after it has been caught on an ECG.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
MARCH 6, 2022
So today i wanted to talk to you about what each heart test tells us about these different aspects of heart disease Tests that tell you about the heart as a pump The most commonly used test to assess the heart as a pump is an echocardiogram. A simple standard 12 lead ECG can be helpful.
Dr. Smith's ECG Blog
JANUARY 1, 2013
Seventh , an immediate echocardiogram can make the distinction. Sixth , placement of posterior leads (take leads V4-V6 and place them at the level of the tip of the scapula, with V4 placed at the posterior axillary line ("V7"), V6 at paraspinal area ("V9"), and V5 ("V8") between them. At lease 0.5 Circulation 2007;115(10):1306-24.
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