2. ECG/EKG
• It is the procedure of recording the electrical
activity of the heart
• Electrocardiograph is the machine
• Electrocardiogram is the record
3. • The ECG is not only
the oldest but, in
fact, over 100
years after its
introduction,
continues as the
most commonly
used
cardiovascular
laboratory
procedure.
6. Standard 12-Lead EKG
• Six limb leads
–Leads I, II, III, aVR, aVL, aVF
• Six chest leads (precordial leads)
–V1, V2, V3, V4, V5, V6
• Information from 12 leads obtained from
the attachment of only 10 electrodes.
7. Precordial Chest Leads
For every person, each precordial lead placed in the
same relative position
V1 - 4th intercostal space, R of sternum
V2 - 4th intercostal space, L of sternum
V4 - 5th intercostal space, midclavicular
V3 - between V2 and V4, on 5th rib
V5 - 5th intercostal space, anterior axillary line
V6 - 5th intercostal space, mid-axillary line
9. View The Leads Provide
• II, III, aVF – view inferior wall of heart
• V1 and V2 – view septal wall of heart
• V3 and V4 – view anterior wall of heart
• I, aVL, V5, V6 – view lateral wall of heart
18. Electrocardiogram waves
• P-wave – depolarization of atria
– Atria begin contracting about 25msec after the start of the
p-wave
• QRS-complex – ventricular depolarization
– Ventricles begin contracting shortly after the peak of the R
wave
• T-wave – ventricular repolarization