ECHO 227 - Basic ECG Recognition and Testing

(F,S)
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
Credit Hours: 3

Basics of ECG testing, heart pressures, blood volume/physiology and the electrical conduction system. Focus on interpretation of ECG rhymes: normal ECG, ventricular hypertrophy, bundle branch block, AV block, myocardial ischemia, bradycardia, tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, ventricular fibrillation and irregular rhythms.