Electrocardiograms for Board Certification Candidates to be familiar with - note this list is not all-inclusive. Many of these are covered in the Triennial Course in the EKG section. (Last updated 9/17/2003. Revision list at end of page.)

1.

 Normal

2.

 Pacemaker

3.

 Wandering atrial pacemaker

4.

 Junctional rhythm

5.

 PAC’s

6.

 PVC(s), single

7.

 PVC's, couplet(s)

8.

 PVC's, multifocal

9.

 PVC's, bigeminy

10.

 Sinus tachycardia

11.

 Sinus bradycardia

12.

 Supraventricular tachycardia

13.

 Ventricular tachycardia

14.

 Atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter

15.

 First degree AV block

16.

 Second degree block - Mobitz 1 or Wenckebach

17.

 Second degree block - Mobitz 2

18.

 Complete heart block (3rd degree block or AV dissociation)

19.

 Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)

20.

 Prominent p waves suggesting cor pulmonale or RAE

21.

 Left atrial enlargement

22.

 Inferior wall MI

23.

 Lateral MI

24.

 Septal MI

25.

 Anterior wall MI

26.

 Posterior wall MI

27.

 Poor R wave progression in V leads (added 9/17/2003)

28.

 LVH voltage

29.

 LVH with strain

30.

 Low voltage

31.

 Right axis deviation

32.

 Left axis deviation

33.

 ST depression

34.

 Exercise ECG Positive/Suggestive for ischemia (added 9/17/2003)

35.

 T wave flattening (minor changes)

36.

 T wave inversion (major changes)

37.

 ST elevation c/w infarction

38.

 ST elevation c/w early repolarization

39.

 ST elevation c/w pericarditis

40.

 Complete right bundle branch block

41.

 Complete left bundle branch block

42.

 Intraventricular conduction delay, indeterminate

43.

 Incomplete right bundle branch block

44.

 Bifasicular block

45.

 Double paper speed

46.

 Limb lead reversal

47.

 Double standardization

48.

 Half standardization

49.

 60 cycle interference/other artifact


Revision List
Date Revisions
9/17/2003 "Poor R wave progression in V leads" inserted as #27, current #27 - 47 are all retained, renumbered # 28 - 48
9/17/2003 "Exercise ECG Positive/Suggestive for ischemia" inserted as #34, current #34-48 retained, renumbered as #35 - 49
 
©2007 The American Academy of Insurance Medicine All rights reserved | Site Map | Disclaimer | Privacy Policy | Resources
Website Designed in Vancouver by Graphically Speaking