Methods used to interpret the 12‐lead electrocardiogram: Pattern memorization versus the use of vector concepts

This article extols the value of using Grant's approach to the interpretation of electrocardiograms (ECGs). The essay includes a discussion on how people learn and emphasizes the difference in memorizing information, thinking, and learning. Simply stated, the brains of most people are not desig...

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Published in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 2000-01, Vol.23 (1), p.4-13
Main Author: Hurst, J. Willis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
basic principles
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Education, Medical - methods
Electrocardiography - methods
Electrocardiography. Vectocardiography
Electrodiagnosis. Electric activity recording
Grant
Heart Diseases - diagnosis
Heart Diseases - physiopathology
Humans
interpreting electrocardiograms
Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects)
Learning
Medical sciences
memorizing
Memory
Special
Teaching - methods
thinking
vector concepts
Vectorcardiography - methods
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Summary:This article extols the value of using Grant's approach to the interpretation of electrocardiograms (ECGs). The essay includes a discussion on how people learn and emphasizes the difference in memorizing information, thinking, and learning. Simply stated, the brains of most people are not designed to memorize countless numbers of ECG patterns. Accordingly, the essay supports the view that a method of interpretation must be used, and the reader is encouraged to use basic principles of electrocardiography, including vector concepts, to interpret each ECG.
ISSN:0160-9289
1932-8737
DOI:10.1002/clc.4960230103