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Table 8 The majority of expert panellists strongly agreed that a junior doctor should be able to make the following ECG diagnoses

From: Determining electrocardiography training priorities for medical students using a modified Delphi method

The normal ECG

 Normal ECG

Sino-atrial rhythms

 Sinus rhythm

 Sinus arrhythmia

 Sinus tachycardia

 Sinus bradycardia

Atrial rhythms

 Atrial fibrillation

 Atrial flutter

Ventricular rhythms

 Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia (MMVT)

 Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (PMVT)

 Torsades de pointes

 Ventricular fibrillation

Abnormal conduction

 Complete left bundle branch block (LBBB)

 Complete right bundle branch block (RBBB)

 First degree AV block

 Mobitz type I second degree AV block (Wenckebach)

 Mobitz type II second degree AV block

 2:1 AV block

 Third degree AV block (Complete heart block)

Chamber enlargement

 Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH)

 Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH)

Ischaemia

 Transmural ischaemia (ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, STEMI)

 Subendocardial ischaemia (Non-ST-segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction, NSTEMI)

Clinical diagnosis

 Pericarditis

  1. * this list excludes conditions which can be diagnosed with alternative diagnostic modalities (e.g. hyperkalaemia, hypokalaemia that are diagnosed in the laboratory)