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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
/flutter - DANGER ... flutter (3) ... block - ventricular ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... Flutter (AFL), ... node: AV re-entrant ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
Atrial Fibrillation ... Pre-Excitation AFib ... with RVR: • All AV ... PreExcitation #clinical ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... flutterAV ... tachycardia • AV ... flutter with variable ... #Causes #cardiology
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • SA Block • AV ... interval) • AFib ... with Variable AV ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
used to detect atrial ... atrial flutter ... is suspected clinically ... to the wave of ventricular ... #Cardiology #EKG
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Control rate with AV ... flutter, ectopic ... flutter or MAT ... Treatment #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
interval < 120 ms = AV ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... Flutter PR Interval ... Electrocardiogram #cardiology
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
with preserved atrial ... #VFib #Ventricular ... echocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #a4c ... #AV #Dissociation
Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiac Catheterization

Elderly patient taken up for primary PCI. See the way the proximal
Atrial Fibrillation ... coronaries which are in AV ... shows movement of ventricular ... Fibrillation #CathLab #AFib ... #clinical #cardiology