TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Electrocardiogram Interpretation A1 - Mah, Douglas Y. A1 - Bevilacqua, Laura M. A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Every heartbeat is controlled by electrical waves passing through the heart. The summation of this electrical activity results in the tracing seen on an electrocardiogram (ECG). The first ECG was performed in the 1880s through the work of August Waller and Willem Einthoven. The ECG has since been used as a simple and noninvasive method to screen patients for a variety of anatomic and electrical disorders. This chapter provides an overview for interpreting pediatric ECGs and identifying important rhythm disturbances in the pediatric population. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/02 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146115108 ER -