52-638: Andrew Drummond may refer to: Andrew Drummond (artist) , New Zealand painter and sculptor Andrew Drummond (author) , Scottish translator and novelist Andrew Drummond (banker) , Scottish founder of the Drummond Bank in Charing Cross, London Andrew L. Drummond , chief of the US Secret Service [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
104-450: A medical emergency and CPR should be performed). Ventricular fibrillation produces an ECG but is too dysfunctional to produce a life-sustaining cardiac output. Certain rhythms are known to have good cardiac output and some are known to have bad cardiac output. Ultimately, an echocardiogram or other anatomical imaging modality is useful in assessing the mechanical function of the heart. Like all medical tests, what constitutes "normal"
156-631: A "far field" signal between the leads in the heart and the implanted battery/generator that resembles an ECG signal (technically, the signal recorded in the heart is called an electrogram , which is interpreted differently). Advancement of the Holter monitor became the implantable loop recorder that performs the same function but in an implantable device with batteries that last on the order of years. Additionally, there are available various Arduino kits with ECG sensor modules and smartwatch devices that are capable of recording an ECG signal as well, such as with
208-413: A 2.5 second tracing of each of the twelve leads. The tracings are most commonly arranged in a grid of four columns and three rows. The first column is the limb leads (I, II, and III), the second column is the augmented limb leads (aVR, aVL, and aVF), and the last two columns are the precordial leads (V 1 to V 6 ). Additionally, a rhythm strip may be included as a fourth or fifth row. The timing across
260-399: A conventional ten-second ECG. Continuous monitoring can be conducted by using Holter monitors , internal and external defibrillators and pacemakers , and/or biotelemetry . For adults, evidence does not support the use of ECGs among those without symptoms or at low risk of cardiovascular disease as an effort for prevention. This is because an ECG may falsely indicate the existence of
312-410: A diagonally shaped cross while a latex skin was created on his naked body, once formed the skin was shed from his body and he left the stage. Drummond wore a gas mask throughout to protect himself from the ammonia generated by the drying latex, he was also connected to an ECG machine so observers could monitor his emotional state. For the duration of the festival the discarded latex skin was laid out on
364-428: A normal heart rate is between 60 and 100 bpm (normocardic), whereas it is higher in children. A heart rate below normal is called " bradycardia " (<60 in adults) and above normal is called " tachycardia " (>100 in adults). A complication of this is when the atria and ventricles are not in synchrony and the "heart rate" must be specified as atrial or ventricular (e.g., the ventricular rate in ventricular fibrillation
416-425: A part of the esophagus where the distance to the posterior wall of the left atrium is only approximately 5–6 mm (remaining constant in people of different age and weight). An esophageal lead avails for a more accurate differentiation between certain cardiac arrhythmias, particularly atrial flutter , AV nodal reentrant tachycardia and orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia . It can also evaluate
468-477: A problem, leading to misdiagnosis , the recommendation of invasive procedures, and overtreatment . However, persons employed in certain critical occupations, such as aircraft pilots, may be required to have an ECG as part of their routine health evaluations. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy screening may also be considered in adolescents as part of a sports physical out of concern for sudden cardiac death . Electrocardiograms are recorded by machines that consist of
520-403: A set of electrodes connected to a central unit. Early ECG machines were constructed with analog electronics , where the signal drove a motor to print out the signal onto paper. Today, electrocardiographs use analog-to-digital converters to convert the electrical activity of the heart to a digital signal . Many ECG machines are now portable and commonly include a screen, keyboard, and printer on
572-640: A small wheeled cart. Recent advancements in electrocardiography include developing even smaller devices for inclusion in fitness trackers and smart watches . These smaller devices often rely on only two electrodes to deliver a single lead I. Portable twelve-lead devices powered by batteries are also available. Recording an ECG is a safe and painless procedure. The machines are powered by mains power but they are designed with several safety features including an earthed (ground) lead. Other features include: Most modern ECG machines include automated interpretation algorithms . This analysis calculates features such as
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#1732917488312624-505: A total of three limb leads and three augmented limb leads arranged like spokes of a wheel in the coronal plane (vertical), and six precordial leads or chest leads that lie on the perpendicular transverse plane (horizontal). Leads should be placed in standard positions. Exceptions due to emergency or other issues should be recorded to avoid erroneous analysis. The 12 standard ECG leads are listed below. All leads are effectively bipolar, with one positive and one negative electrode;
676-424: A voltage requires two contacts and so, electrically, the unipolar leads are measured from the common lead (negative) and the unipolar lead (positive). This averaging for the common lead and the abstract unipolar lead concept makes for a more challenging understanding and is complicated by sloppy usage of "lead" and "electrode". In fact, instead of being a constant reference, V W has a value that fluctuates throughout
728-403: Is 300–600 bpm, whereas the atrial rate can be normal [60–100] or faster [100–150]). In normal resting hearts, the physiologic rhythm of the heart is normal sinus rhythm (NSR). Normal sinus rhythm produces the prototypical pattern of P wave, QRS complex, and T wave. Generally, deviation from normal sinus rhythm is considered a cardiac arrhythmia . Thus, the first question in interpreting an ECG
780-680: Is a New Zealand painter and sculptor . He attended University of Waterloo in Canada , graduating in 1976. He was a Frances Hodgkins Fellow in 1980. Drummond tends to focus on process and ritual while contemplating ideas of location. He considers the entanglements of the human body, ecology, and dislocated histories within the landscapes of New Zealand. In the 1970s, he created several documented performance works. Drummond lives and works in Christchurch, New Zealand. He earned his degree in Fine Arts from
832-448: Is a combination of inputs from two limb electrodes, with a different combination for each augmented lead. It is referred to immediately below as "the negative pole". Together with leads I, II, and III, augmented limb leads aVR, aVL, and aVF form the basis of the hexaxial reference system , which is used to calculate the heart's electrical axis in the frontal plane. Older versions of the nodes (VR, VL, VF) use Wilson's central terminal as
884-427: Is an anterior lead and V 5 is a lateral lead, they are contiguous because they are next to one another. The study of the conduction system of the heart is called cardiac electrophysiology (EP). An EP study is performed via a right-sided cardiac catheterization : a wire with an electrode at its tip is inserted into the right heart chambers from a peripheral vein, and placed in various positions in close proximity to
936-462: Is based on population studies . The heartrate range of between 60 and 100 beats per minute (bpm) is considered normal since data shows this to be the usual resting heart rate. Interpretation of the ECG is ultimately that of pattern recognition. In order to understand the patterns found, it is helpful to understand the theory of what ECGs represent. The theory is rooted in electromagnetics and boils down to
988-441: Is defined as the average potential measured by three limb electrodes that are attached to the right arm, the left arm, and the left foot, respectively. Commonly, 10 electrodes attached to the body are used to form 12 ECG leads, with each lead measuring a specific electrical potential difference (as listed in the table below). Leads are broken down into three types: limb; augmented limb; and precordial or chest. The 12-lead ECG has
1040-419: Is recorded over a period of time (usually ten seconds). In this way, the overall magnitude and direction of the heart's electrical depolarization is captured at each moment throughout the cardiac cycle . There are three main components to an ECG: During each heartbeat, a healthy heart has an orderly progression of depolarization that starts with pacemaker cells in the sinoatrial node , spreads throughout
1092-441: Is typically hidden in the much more prominent QRS complex and normally cannot be seen without additional, specialized electrodes. ECGs are normally printed on a grid. The horizontal axis represents time and the vertical axis represents voltage. The standard values on this grid are shown in the adjacent image at 25mm/sec: The "large" box is represented by a heavier line weight than the small boxes. The standard printing speed in
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#17329174883121144-460: Is whether or not there is a sinus rhythm. A criterion for sinus rhythm is that P waves and QRS complexes appear 1-to-1, thus implying that the P wave causes the QRS complex. Once sinus rhythm is established, or not, the second question is the rate. For a sinus rhythm, this is either the rate of P waves or QRS complexes since they are 1-to-1. If the rate is too fast, then it is sinus tachycardia , and if it
1196-506: The Holter monitor was introduced in 1962. Traditionally, these monitors have used electrodes with patches on the skin to record the ECG, but new devices can stick to the chest as a single patch without need for wires, developed by Zio (Zio XT), TZ Medical (Trident), Philips (BioTel) and BardyDx (CAM) among many others. Implantable devices such as the artificial cardiac pacemaker and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator are capable of measuring
1248-544: The PR interval , QT interval , corrected QT (QTc) interval , PR axis, QRS axis, rhythm and more. The results from these automated algorithms are considered "preliminary" until verified and/or modified by expert interpretation. Despite recent advances, computer misinterpretation remains a significant problem and can result in clinical mismanagement. Besides the standard electrocardiograph machine, there are other devices capable of recording ECG signals. Portable devices have existed since
1300-529: The atrium , and passes through the atrioventricular node down into the bundle of His and into the Purkinje fibers , spreading down and to the left throughout the ventricles . This orderly pattern of depolarization gives rise to the characteristic ECG tracing. To the trained clinician , an ECG conveys a large amount of information about the structure of the heart and the function of its electrical conduction system. Among other things, an ECG can be used to measure
1352-462: The 4th generation Apple Watch , Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and newer devices. Electrodes are the actual conductive pads attached to the body surface. Any pair of electrodes can measure the electrical potential difference between the two corresponding locations of attachment. Such a pair forms a lead . However, "leads" can also be formed between a physical electrode and a virtual electrode, known as Wilson's central terminal ( WCT ), whose potential
1404-433: The ECG is fundamentally about understanding the electrical conduction system of the heart . Normal conduction starts and propagates in a predictable pattern, and deviation from this pattern can be a normal variation or be pathological . An ECG does not equate with mechanical pumping activity of the heart; for example, pulseless electrical activity produces an ECG that should pump blood but no pulses are felt (and constitutes
1456-526: The United States is 25 mm per sec (5 big boxes per second), but in other countries it can be 50 mm per sec. Faster speeds such as 100 and 200 mm per sec are used during electrophysiology studies. Not all aspects of an ECG rely on precise recordings or having a known scaling of amplitude or time. For example, determining if the tracing is a sinus rhythm only requires feature recognition and matching, and not measurement of amplitudes or times (i.e.,
1508-668: The University of Waterloo, Canada , and is currently a senior lecturer in sculpture at the University of Canterbury , School of Fine Arts. He is represented by Jonathan Smart gallery in Christchurch, Page Blackie gallery in Wellington and Antoinette Godkin gallery in Auckland. In 2007, Drummond was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to sculpture Drummond has received
1560-525: The Wellington City Gallery in 1981 titled Andrew Drummond: Works 80. Drummond has received many commissions for both private and public sculptures. 2010 2008 2000 1998 1995 1994 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1985 1982 1981 1978 1977 As part of the Canterbury Society of Arts 1978 festival Platforms , Drummond performed Crucifixion . He was fixed to
1612-532: The augmented limb leads and the precordial leads lacks precision." Leads I, II and III are called the limb leads . The electrodes that form these signals are located on the limbs – one on each arm and one on the left leg. The limb leads form the points of what is known as Einthoven's triangle . Leads aVR, aVL, and aVF are the augmented limb leads . They are derived from the same three electrodes as leads I, II, and III, but they use Goldberger's central terminal as their negative pole. Goldberger's central terminal
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1664-418: The charges were dismissed. Electrocardiography Electrocardiography is the process of producing an electrocardiogram ( ECG or EKG ), a recording of the heart's electrical activity through repeated cardiac cycles . It is an electrogram of the heart which is a graph of voltage versus time of the electrical activity of the heart using electrodes placed on the skin. These electrodes detect
1716-399: The conduction system so that the electrical activity of that system can be recorded. Standard catheter positions for an EP study include "high right atrium" or hRA near the sinus node , a "His" across the septal wall of the tricuspid valve to measure bundle of His , a "coronary sinus" into the coronary sinus , and a "right ventricle" in the apex of the right ventricle. Interpretation of
1768-473: The cross and exhibited with Polaroid photographs taken during the performance plus other detritus from the performance. Two people in the audience took offence at the nudity and reported the performance to the police. The police laid charges (under Section 3(d) of the Police Offences Act.), when eventually heard in court the behaviour was found to be 'ill-mannered, in bad taste, crude and offensive', but
1820-531: The following awards: Drummond works with a variety of media and materials. His work includes process-based installation, photography , figurative and symbolic imagery . Drummond was included in a number of early exhibitions that featured performance art in New Zealand including ANZART initiated by Ian Hunter in 1981 and the F1 New Zealand Sculpture Project in 1982. He had an exhibition at
1872-401: The four following points: Thus, the overall direction of depolarization and repolarization produces positive or negative deflection on each lead's trace. For example, depolarizing from right to left would produce a positive deflection in lead I because the two vectors point in the same direction. In contrast, that same depolarization would produce minimal deflection in V 1 and V 2 because
1924-434: The heart cycle. It also does not truly represent the center-of-heart potential due to the body parts the signals travel through. Because voltage is by definition a bipolar measurement between two points, describing an electrocardiographic lead as "unipolar" makes little sense electrically and should be avoided. The American Heart Association states "All leads are effectively 'bipolar,' and the term 'unipolar' in description of
1976-409: The heart such as a Holter monitor but also some models of smartwatch are capable of recording an ECG. ECG signals can be recorded in other contexts with other devices. In a conventional 12-lead ECG, ten electrodes are placed on the patient's limbs and on the surface of the chest. The overall magnitude of the heart's electrical potential is then measured from twelve different angles ("leads") and
2028-454: The negative pole, but the amplitude is too small for the thick lines of old ECG machines. The Goldberger terminals scale up (augments) the Wilson results by 50%, at the cost of sacrificing physical correctness by not having the same negative pole for all three. The precordial leads lie in the transverse (horizontal) plane, perpendicular to the other six leads. The six precordial electrodes act as
2080-404: The page is continuous and notes tracings of the 12 leads for the same time period. In other words, if the output were traced by needles on paper, each row would switch which leads as the paper is pulled under the needle. For example, the top row would first trace lead I, then switch to lead aVR, then switch to V 1 , and then switch to V 4 , and so none of these four tracings of the leads are from
2132-495: The positive poles for the six corresponding precordial leads: (V 1 , V 2 , V 3 , V 4 , V 5 , and V 6 ). Wilson's central terminal is used as the negative pole. Recently, unipolar precordial leads have been used to create bipolar precordial leads that explore the right to left axis in the horizontal plane. Additional electrodes may rarely be placed to generate other leads for specific diagnostic purposes. Right-sided precordial leads may be used to better study pathology of
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2184-436: The rate and rhythm of heartbeats, the size and position of the heart chambers , the presence of any damage to the heart's muscle cells or conduction system, the effects of heart drugs, and the function of implanted pacemakers . The overall goal of performing an ECG is to obtain information about the electrical functioning of the heart. Medical uses for this information are varied and often need to be combined with knowledge of
2236-440: The right ventricle or for dextrocardia (and are denoted with an R (e.g., V 5R ). Posterior leads (V 7 to V 9 ) may be used to demonstrate the presence of a posterior myocardial infarction. The Lewis lead or S5-lead (requiring an electrode at the right sternal border in the second intercostal space) can be used to better detect atrial activity in relation to that of the ventricles. An esophageal lead can be inserted to
2288-573: The risk in people with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome , as well as terminate supraventricular tachycardia caused by re-entry . An intracardiac electrogram (ICEG) is essentially an ECG with some added intracardiac leads (that is, inside the heart). The standard ECG leads (external leads) are I, II, III, aVL, V 1 , and V 6 . Two to four intracardiac leads are added via cardiac catheterization. The word "electrogram" (EGM) without further specification usually means an intracardiac electrogram. A standard 12-lead ECG report (an electrocardiograph) shows
2340-575: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Andrew_Drummond&oldid=1093439616 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Andrew Drummond (artist) Andrew Drummond (born 1951 in Nelson, New Zealand )
2392-429: The same time period as they are traced in sequence through time. Each of the 12 ECG leads records the electrical activity of the heart from a different angle, and therefore align with different anatomical areas of the heart. Two leads that look at neighboring anatomical areas are said to be contiguous . In addition, any two precordial leads next to one another are considered to be contiguous. For example, though V 4
2444-414: The scale of the grids are irrelevant). An example to the contrary, the voltage requirements of left ventricular hypertrophy require knowing the grid scale. In a normal heart, the heart rate is the rate at which the sinoatrial node depolarizes since it is the source of depolarization of the heart. Heart rate, like other vital signs such as blood pressure and respiratory rate, change with age. In adults,
2496-414: The skin to the wire and to the electrocardiogram. The common virtual electrode, known as Wilson's central terminal (V W ), is produced by averaging the measurements from the electrodes RA, LA, and LL to give an average potential of the body: In a 12-lead ECG, all leads except the limb leads are assumed to be unipolar (aVR, aVL, aVF, V 1 , V 2 , V 3 , V 4 , V 5 , and V 6 ). The measurement of
2548-401: The small electrical changes that are a consequence of cardiac muscle depolarization followed by repolarization during each cardiac cycle (heartbeat). Changes in the normal ECG pattern occur in numerous cardiac abnormalities, including: Traditionally, "ECG" usually means a 12-lead ECG taken while lying down as discussed below. However, other devices can record the electrical activity of
2600-425: The structure of the heart and physical examination signs to be interpreted. Some indications for performing an ECG include the following: ECGs can be recorded as short intermittent tracings or continuous ECG monitoring. Continuous monitoring is used for critically ill patients, patients undergoing general anesthesia, and patients who have an infrequently occurring cardiac arrhythmia that would unlikely be seen on
2652-504: The term "unipolar" is not useful. Two types of electrodes in common use are a flat paper-thin sticker and a self-adhesive circular pad. The former are typically used in a single ECG recording while the latter are for continuous recordings as they stick longer. Each electrode consists of an electrically conductive electrolyte gel and a silver/silver chloride conductor. The gel typically contains potassium chloride – sometimes silver chloride as well – to permit electron conduction from
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#17329174883122704-442: The vectors are perpendicular, and this phenomenon is called isoelectric. Normal rhythm produces four entities – a P wave , a QRS complex , a T wave , and a U wave – that each have a fairly unique pattern. Changes in the structure of the heart and its surroundings (including blood composition) change the patterns of these four entities. The U wave is not typically seen and its absence is generally ignored. Atrial repolarization
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