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MD, PhD fellow @AUHCardio @AarhusUni @AUHdk | #cardiology, #pacemaker, #arrhythmia, #dissemination | Author of Cardiology-2-Go | Managing @AUHCardio
Sep 16, 2021 16 tweets 10 min read
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Time for a #tweetorial on simple #ECG interpretation

When I learned to read ECGs, my biggest fear was to miss an important finding!
To avoid that: Be systematic❗️

My simple approach to ECGs with 8 steps 🪜👇

#medicalstudent #education #cardiotwitter #medtwitter #EPeeps 2/

‼️ All following ECGs are with paper speed of 25 mm/s and a signal gain of 10 mm/mV ‼️

Therefore:
1 small square = 40 ms
1 big square = 200 ms

Now we are ready to read the ECG systematically