A systematic review and meta-analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine identified persistent deficiencies in electrocardiogram interpretation across all levels of medical training. Analysis of 78 ...

If you are a nurse, doctor or other medical professional that deals with cardiac issues or ECG readings, you owe it to yourself and your patients to take an EKG interpretation course. An EKG ...

1 Department of Family Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Division of Ciology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 3 Division of Ciology, Seattle Children's ...

"As advances in basic and clinical cardiology research continue, new conditions that can be identified on ECGs have been described," said Dr Alan H Kadish (Northwestern University, Chicago, IL), ...

What are the sensitivity and specificity of computer-generated ECG interpretation? What is the most common reason cardiologists disagree with such interpretation? —Harry Ballantyne, PA-C, Odenton, Md.

Artificial intelligence (AI)-based ECG interpretation outperformed standard pathways for the detection of occlusive myocardial infarction (MI), according to a study presented today at ESC Acute ...

If it’s important that an ECG is done, it’s important that it’s legible. Asking patients to hold their breath for a couple of seconds can help, or if fine tremor is a problem, try moving the limb ...

A pulmonary embolism (PE) is a blood clot in one of the arteries in the lungs. It not only blocks blood flow in the lungs, but it can affect heart function by making the right side of the heart work ...