title: Electrocardiography: A Technologist's Guide to Interpretation.
abstract: The nuclear medicine technologist works with electrocardiography when performing cardiac stress testing and gated cardiac imaging and when monitoring critical patients. To enhance patient care, basic electrocardiogram interpretation skills and recognition of key arrhythmias are essential for the nuclear medicine technologist. This article provides insight into the anatomy of an electrocardiogram trace, covers basic electrocardiogram interpretation methods, and describes an example case typical in the nuclear medicine environment.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cardiac Health Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Colin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tso
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia gcurrie@csu.edu.au.
authors.forename: Geoffrey M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Currie
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Faculty of Medical Imaging, Regis College, Boston, Massachusetts; and.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilmore
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Cardiac Health Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Faculty of Science, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: Hosen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiat
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009683:Nuclear Medicine / Q000379:methods*
keywords: ECG; cardiology; gating; interpretation