Articles

Learning to read ECGs

The reasoning behind the traces, written for people who have to interpret them under time pressure.

Interpretation

Accuracy moves with the population: what an AI-ECG study teaches human readers

A JACC study of AI-ECG in 2,402 community-dwelling adults shows how disease spectrum and prevalence change test accuracy — and why the same ECG finding carries different weight in different patients.

Fundamentals

How to read an ECG: a systematic approach that survives a busy shift

Seven passes, always in the same order, ending with the two findings most likely to change what you do next. Plus the evidence on how much practice competence actually takes.

Rhythm recognition

8 arrhythmias you should recognise on sight

The eight rhythms worth knowing instantly, the single feature that identifies each, and the three look-alike pairs where the real errors cluster.

Patient care

Home blood pressure monitoring: what to record, and why the numbers usually disagree

Why clinic readings and home readings differ, what a useful home record contains, and how to take a reading that is actually worth acting on.

The app

Einthoven — gamified ECG practice

Timed interpretation rounds at true clinical scale, case studies and an interactive measurement lab. The first three traces need no account.

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