title: An introduction to electrocardiogram interpretation: Part 1.
abstract: This article describes how to interpret the single-lead electrocardiogram (ECG). The author also describes cardiac electrophysiology and how this is represented by ECG graphs. Part 2 of this article, to be published next week, will describe 12-lead ECGs and acute coronary syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Kent. Philip.woodrow@ekht.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woodrow
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000503:physiopathology; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology; D054537:Atrioventricular Block / Q000503:physiopathology; D004496:Education, Continuing; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans