Advanced ECG Interpretation: Pearls and Pitfalls

Monday, April 7, 2025

8:00am – 12:00pm ET

Location: Trade - Lobby Level

CE: 4 CME Credit

Add-on Course Director(s)

Amal Mattu, MD, FAAEM (he/him/his)

Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Edgewater, Maryland

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose
William J. Brady, MD FAAEM (he/him/his)

Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, Virginia

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Room: Trade - Lobby Level

The ability to interpret the electrocardiogram (ECG) is a life-saving skill. This course will cover an assortment of presentations that will improve the emergency physician’s ability to interpret ECGs. Residency graduates and/or seasoned physicians will learn new and useful information that will truly make a difference in patient care and save lives!

Course Fees
Early Bird Rates (on or before March 6):
$125 Member
$25 Resident Member
$250 Non-member
$50 Resident Non-member

Regular Rates (after March 6):
$175 Member
$50 Resident Member
$300 Non-member
$75 Resident Non-member

Tentative Agenda
8:00am-8:05am Introduction and Welcome
8:05am-10:00am Cardiac Ischemia, Mimics, and Confounding Patterns - Amal Mattu, MD FAAEM
10:00am-10:10am Break
10:10am-12:00pm Critical Dysrhythmias - William J. Brady, MD FAAEM
12:00pm Conclude

Learning Objectives:

Review traditional and non-traditional indications for emergent coronary reperfusion.
Discuss selected issues in ACS and rhythm diagnosis in potentially malignant presentations.
Develop a rational approach to challenging ECG diagnoses, including LBBB AMI and wide complex tachycardia.