Coronary Circulation

<aside> 💡 Relate the anatomy of the heart to with respect to electrical conduction, vascular territories and structures viewed by the different ECG leads

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• what structures does the RCA supply?
• what are the branches of the LCA? what do they supply?
• what leads relate to each coronary artery?
• what determines coronary artery dominance?

Conduction System

<aside> 💡 Understand the basic electrophysiological principles behind the ECG

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• what are the components of the cardiac conduction system?
• what coronary arteries supply each part of the conduction system?
• what are the 2 functions of cardiomyocytes?
• what are the inherent rates of automaticity of all 4 pacemaker structures?
• what happens during each phase of the cardiac AP?
• what type of electrical activity produces a positive vs negative deflection?
• what sequence of events produce a normal ECG waveform?

ECG Leads

<aside> 💡 Understand the standard, augmented, chest, and special leads

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• what view do the 3 limb leads provide?
• what view do the 3 augmented limb leads provide?
• where do you place the 6 precordial leads?