Section One (Textbook content) Part 1 ECGs in primary care / outside the hospital setting - Indications and quality of assessment 1.1 ECGs outside the hospital setting 1.2 Patients with cardiac symptoms 1.2.1 Irregular heartbeat 1.2.2 Palpitations and tachycardia 1.2.
3 Bradycardia 1.2.4 Chest pain 1.2.5 Suspected heart failure 1.2.6 A patient in the emergency room 1.2.
7 ECGs in childhood 1.3 Screening in patients without complaints 1.3.1 Increased cardiovascular risk 1.3.2 Screening for atrial fibrillation 1.3.3 Screening after syncope 1.
3.4 Screening upon starting QT-elongating medication 1.3.5 Pre-operative screening 1.3.6 Screening in sportspeople 1.3.7 Screening in family members of patients with sudden cardiac death 1.
4 Quality of ECG assessment by non-cardiologists 1.5 Summary: indications of ECGs by non-cardiologists Part 2 Making and understanding ECGs - basic electrophysiology and electrocardiography 2.1 Instructions for making ECGs 2.1.1 Electrodes and leads 2.1.2 Tips and tricks for high quality ECGs 2.1.
3 ECG interpretation software 2.2 Explaing the ECG-waves 2.2.1 ECG-registration of heart activity 2.2.2 ECG-leads explained 2.2.3 ECG-paper: settings and definitions 2.
2.4 Explaining P-, Q-, R-, S- and T-waves Part 3 Assessing and understanding ECGs - systematic assessment using the ECG10+ method 3.1 Introduction ECG10+ checklist 3.2 ECG10+ checklist: systematics and explanation 3.2.1 ECG10+ point 1: frequency, regularity (and rhythm) 3.2.2 ECG10+ point 2: heart axis 3.
2.3 ECG10+ point 3: P-wave 3.2.4 ECG10+ point 4: PQ-interval 3.2.5 ECG10+ point 5: Q-wave 3.2.5 ECG10+ point 6: QRS-complex (R-progression, height, width) 3.
2.6 ECG10+ point 7: ST-interval 3.2.7 ECG10+ point 8: T-wave 3.2.8 ECG10+ point 9: QT-interval 3.2.10 ECG10+ point 10: Rhythm 3.
2.11 ECG10+ point +: Diagnosis and plan 3.3 Keep it simple! Part 4 Reference 4.1 Summary 4.2 Main illustrations in overview Section Two Case studies: 31 cases (to be expanded to 50) No complaints 1 Hypertension 2 Examination 3 Safely exercising 4 Sudden cardiac death in the family 5 Routine ECG 6 'Fun' ECG Slow 7 Woman of high age 8 Unwell while swimming 9 Progressive exercise intolerancy 10 Fatigue Fast 11 Palpitaions 12 Dizziness upon bending over 13 Dyspnea upon exercise 14 Agoraphobia 15 Working 80 hours a week 16 Chest pain upon exercise Fast-summary Palpitations 17 Missing beats 18 Frightened 19 Heart in the throat 20 Brady-tachy Pain 21 Blessing in disguise 22 Sick 23 Irradiating pain 24 Oppressive pain 25 112-call 26 Coronary artery disease? Chronic 27 Heart failure 28 Unknown history 29 Progressive complaints 30 Shortness of breath and ankle edema 31 A psychiatric patient Appendices Abbreviations Literature Index.