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 in the next issue, will describe 12-lead ECGs and acute coronary syndromes.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Kent.
authors.forename: Philip
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woodrow