Electrocardiography: Double check your chest leads

Meenakshi Chenniappan 1, Anshuman Gupta 2, M. Hanumatha Rao 3, Amit Gupta 4 and Shweta Ghatge 4, *

1 Department of Cardiology, Ramakrishna Nursing Home, Thiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.
2 Department of Cardiology, Hero Heart DMC Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
3 Department of Cardiology, Care Hospital, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
4 Scientific Services, USV Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
 
Case Study
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 24(03), 1620-1624
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.24.3.3720
 
Publication history: 
Received on 06 November 2024; revised on 14 December 2024; accepted on 16 December 2024
 
Abstract: 
Electrocardiography (ECG) is a rapid, non-invasive and invaluable diagnostic tool which plays a pivotal role in emergency department (ED) to provide critical information that aids in the timely assessment and management of patients presenting with a variety of cardiac and non-cardiac conditions. The improper placement of the electrodes can cause artifacts which would alter the reading and thus affect the management. The findings of the ECG should be confirmed through an accurate physical examination because, in certain cases, they may result from anatomical irregularities that manifest as ECG alterations resembling cardiac abnormalities.
 
Keywords: 
Anterior Fascicular block; Chest electrodes; Electrocardiography; Emergency department; Pectus excavatum
 
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