[The First World Championship of Device Electrogram Interpretation].
During the CARDIOSTIM/EUROPACE meeting in Nice, France, the First World Championship of Device Electrogram (EGM) Interpretation was held and more than 120 physicians participated actively. In the first round, questions on 20 EGMs had to be answered, and the eight finalists had to solve another seven EGM questions before gold, silver, and bronze medals were distributed. This activity prepared by STIMUPRAT - an organization in which electrophysiologists, other physicians, residents, fellows, and students share their tracings and thoughts with others - demonstrates that knowledge about the way devices think and document their events is not only important so as to optimize the treatment of device patients but can also be great fun.
Klinik für Innere Medizin - Kardiologie, Diabetologie &, Nephrologie, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bielefeld, Burgsteig 13, 33617, Bielefeld, Deutschland. Carsten.Israel@evkb.de.
Carsten W
CW
Israel
D000465:Algorithms; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
Detection criteria; Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator; Supraventricular tachycardia; Ventricular fibrillation; Ventricular tachyarrhythmia