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Why 3D ECG Leads ?

AN ECG LEAD PLACEMENT GUIDE

Misplacement of the ECG Leads may lead to wrong diagnoses and further unnecessary investigations or treatments (Jowett et al., 2005; Toosi and Sochanski, 2008; Harrigan, Chan and Brady, 2012; Ilg and Lehmann, 2012; Lynch, 2014). In their study (Medani et al., 2018) showed that in only 34% of cases, the ECG Chest Leads were placed correctly.

All medical personnel who are operating a 12 Lead ECG machine should have the appropriate training for ECG lead placement (Kligfield et al., 2007; Crawford and Doherty, 2010). The purpose of 3D ECG Leads is not aimed at replacing high-quality training but instead, to act as an aid and to show you in a simple 3D interactive way the Standard Lead Placement Technique.

AN ECG LEADS VISUALISATION TOOL

In a standard 12 Lead ECG Tracing, not all of the ECG Leads are organized in anatomical order. One recent study (Lindow et al., 2019) highlights the fact that displaying all the 12 ECG Leads in an anatomical sequence has a positive impact in diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction. 3D ECG Leads serves as a 3D interactive tool for the anatomical visualization of the ECG Leads.

WHY ONLY 10 LEADS. HOW AN ECG LEAD IS GENERATED.

With 3D ECG Leads you can visualize how the ECG Machine reads the heart's electrical activity, and how 3 Electrodes are generating 6 Leads.

References

Crawford, J. and Doherty, L. (2010) “Ten steps to recording a standard 12-lead ECG,” Practice Nursing, 21(12). doi: 10.12968/pnur.2010.21.12.622.

Harrigan, R. A., Chan, T. C. and Brady, W. J. (2012) “Electrocardiographic electrode misplacement, misconnection, and artifact,” Journal of Emergency Medicine. Elsevier Ltd, 43(6). doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.02.024.

Ilg, K. J. and Lehmann, M. H. (2012) “Importance of recognizing pseudo-septal infarction due to electrocardiographic lead misplacement,” American Journal of Medicine. Elsevier Inc., 125(1). doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.023.

Jowett, N. I. et al. (2005) “Modified electrode placement must be recorded when performing 12-lead electrocardiograms,” Postgraduate Medical Journal, 81(952). doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.021204.

Kligfield, P. et al. (2007) “Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram: Part I: The Electrocardiogram and Its Technology A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clin,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Elsevier, 49(10). doi: 10.1016/J.JACC.2007.01.024.

Lindow, T. et al. (2019) “Why complicate an important task? An orderly display of the limb leads in the 12-lead electrocardiogram and its implications for recognition of acute coronary syndrome,” BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 19(1). doi: 10.1186/s12872-018-0979-x.

Lynch, R. (2014) “ECG lead misplacement: A brief review of limb lead misplacement,” African Journal of Emergency Medicine. African Federation for Emergency Medicine, 4(3). doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2014.05.006.

Medani, S. A. et al. (2018) “Accuracy in precordial ECG lead placement: Improving performance through a peer-led educational intervention,” Journal of Electrocardiology. Elsevier Inc., 51(1). doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.04.018.

Toosi, M. S. and Sochanski, M. T. (2008) “False ST elevation in a modified 12-lead surface electrocardiogram,” Journal of Electrocardiology, 41(3). doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.11.004.

Why 3D ECG Leads ?

AN ECG LEAD PLACEMENT GUIDE

Misplacement of the ECG Leads may lead to wrong diagnoses and further unnecessary investigations or treatments (Jowett et al., 2005; Toosi and Sochanski, 2008; Harrigan, Chan and Brady, 2012; Ilg and Lehmann, 2012; Lynch, 2014). In their study (Medani et al., 2018) showed that in only 34% of cases, the ECG Chest Leads were placed correctly.

All medical personnel who are operating a 12 Lead ECG machine should have the appropriate training for ECG lead placement (Kligfield et al., 2007; Crawford and Doherty, 2010). The purpose of 3D ECG Leads is not aimed at replacing high-quality training but instead, to act as an aid and to show you in a simple 3D interactive way the Standard Lead Placement Technique.

AN ECG LEADS VISUALISATION TOOL

In a standard 12 Lead ECG Tracing, not all of the ECG Leads are organized in anatomical order. One recent study (Lindow et al., 2019) highlights the fact that displaying all the 12 ECG Leads in an anatomical sequence has a positive impact in diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction. 3D ECG Leads serves as a 3D interactive tool for the anatomical visualization of the ECG Leads.

WHY ONLY 10 LEADS. HOW AN ECG LEAD IS GENERATED.

With 3D ECG Leads you can visualize how the ECG Machine reads the heart's electrical activity, and how 3 Electrodes are generating 6 Leads.

References

Crawford, J. and Doherty, L. (2010) “Ten steps to recording a standard 12-lead ECG,” Practice Nursing, 21(12). doi: 10.12968/pnur.2010.21.12.622.

Harrigan, R. A., Chan, T. C. and Brady, W. J. (2012) “Electrocardiographic electrode misplacement, misconnection, and artifact,” Journal of Emergency Medicine. Elsevier Ltd, 43(6). doi: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.02.024.

Ilg, K. J. and Lehmann, M. H. (2012) “Importance of recognizing pseudo-septal infarction due to electrocardiographic lead misplacement,” American Journal of Medicine. Elsevier Inc., 125(1). doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.023.

Jowett, N. I. et al. (2005) “Modified electrode placement must be recorded when performing 12-lead electrocardiograms,” Postgraduate Medical Journal, 81(952). doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2004.021204.

Kligfield, P. et al. (2007) “Recommendations for the Standardization and Interpretation of the Electrocardiogram: Part I: The Electrocardiogram and Its Technology A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Electrocardiography and Arrhythmias Committee, Council on Clin,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Elsevier, 49(10). doi: 10.1016/J.JACC.2007.01.024.

Lindow, T. et al. (2019) “Why complicate an important task? An orderly display of the limb leads in the 12-lead electrocardiogram and its implications for recognition of acute coronary syndrome,” BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 19(1). doi: 10.1186/s12872-018-0979-x.

Lynch, R. (2014) “ECG lead misplacement: A brief review of limb lead misplacement,” African Journal of Emergency Medicine. African Federation for Emergency Medicine, 4(3). doi: 10.1016/j.afjem.2014.05.006.

Medani, S. A. et al. (2018) “Accuracy in precordial ECG lead placement: Improving performance through a peer-led educational intervention,” Journal of Electrocardiology. Elsevier Inc., 51(1). doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2017.04.018.

Toosi, M. S. and Sochanski, M. T. (2008) “False ST elevation in a modified 12-lead surface electrocardiogram,” Journal of Electrocardiology, 41(3). doi: 10.1016/j.jelectrocard.2007.11.004.

Have you ever felt frustrated about the ECG leads?
Try a different approach !!!

3Decg Leads describes the placement and orientation of the leads from a different perspective. Gone are the days of using confusing 2D images as references, the era of medical teaching in 3D is already here.

Are you worried about misplacing the ECG leads? Are you worried about forgetting the orientation of the leads? Have you ever felt frustrated about the color coding?
With 3Decg Leads you will have a quick interactive 3D Pocket Reference with you all the time.

What do you get with 3Decg Leads:

Electrode Placement Overview
-A reference of how to place the ECG leads (Electrodes). Very useful if you want to get a quick access to a reminder of where to place the ECG electrodes.

Electrode Placement Chest
-An in-depth animated view of the chest leads (Electrodes) placement technique.

Electrode Placement Limbs
-An overview of where to place the limb leads (Electrodes)

12 Leads Heart Projection.
-One of the most important things when reading an ECG is the orientation of each lead. STOP memorising the leads !!! START learning them anatomically. By turning the device landscape you can compare the anatomical positioning of a lead to its location on the ECG strip.

Why 10 Electrodes and 12 Leads.
-Have you ever wondered how these 12 leads are generated? Have you ever wondered why a 12 lead ECG has only 10 Wires? Here you can get an overview of how this happens, an overview of how the Leads are generated.

With a touch of the button you can:
-Swap the 3D model to a secondary one.
-Change the Color Coding - American (AHA) / European (IEC).
-Start an Interactive Animation.


3Decg Leads...
...because an accurate diagnosis needs an accurate test.