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Your journey through pediatric ECGs continues with the last four principles essential to their analysis, and a review of normal/abnormal findings.
At the cornerstone of every electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation lies the following eight parameters:
1 General quality/technique2 Rate 3 Rhythm4 QRS axis5 Atrial enlargement6 Ventricular hypertrophy7 PR/QRS/QT intervals8 ST segment/T wave morphology
6 Ventricular hypertrophy
Ventricular hypertrophy may be representative of underlying structural heart disease such as semilunar valve stenosis, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or underlying systemic or pulmonary hypertension.
