ECG Guide app review: a comprehensive ECG reference

Introduction

To the layperson and even to some clinicians, the information displayed by electrocardiographs is often esoteric at best, so ECG Guide for iPhone and iPad has been developed to provide you with a comprehensive point of reference that should help you decipher the meaning behind any reading.

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As I often find myself saying with apps like this, the content in ECG Guide goes way, way over my head; however, I have been pretty fascinated by what’s on offer and I’d be lying if I said I haven’t learned a fair few things along the way!

The overall presentation of this app is slick and very professional in appearance, making it a fantastic reference material in clinical and academic settings, so I would very much recommend taking it for a spin.

Includes 200 Sample ECGs

What we have here is a highly comprehensive medical reference covering various aspects of ECG  data such as analysis of rate, rhythm, axis, P wave, QRS complex, ST segment, T wave and QT interval, ischemia, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrythmia, and lots more.

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There are more than 200 high resolution sample ECGs contained within this app, detailing both common and complex findings, and you’ll also enjoy in-depth descriptions of both common and complex arrhythmias and further ECG findings.

 

My go-to section in ECG Guide has been the ECG Interpreter, which has been designed to help many of us slightly less informed individuals make differential diagnoses and, as the name would suggest, more easily interpret the data.

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I should also point out that all of the content in this app is based on the 2009 AHA/ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of ECG data, so you can rest assured you’re getting accurate and fairly up-to-date information.

 

Pros & Cons

Pros

• Provides an extensive reference material covering analysis of rate, rhythm, axis, P wave, QRS complex, ST segment, T wave and QT interval, ischemia, tachyarrhythmia, bradyarrythmia, and lots more
• Includes more than 200 high resolution sample ECGs with common and complex findings
• Provides in-depth descriptions of both common and complex arrhythmias and ECG findings
• Use the ECG Interpreter to confidently make differential diagnoses
• Review the etiology and differential diagnosis of common and complex arrhythmias and ECG findings
• Test your knowledge with more than 100 multiple choice questions
• Also includes pediatric ECG values
• All of the content is based on the 2009 AHA/ACCF/HRS recommendations for the standardization and interpretation of ECG data

Cons

• There is nothing negative to say about this app

 

Final Words

I’m thoroughly impressed by what the developer has achieved ECG Guide for iPhone and iPad, I only wish I had a better understanding of the actual findings. Such is the woe of a humble writer such as myself!

This is a great app that is well worth the money in my opinion.