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Atrial Fibrillation and WPW - Pre-Excitation AFib
In pre-excitation + a-fib with RVR:
 • All AV nodal
AFib In pre-excitation ... + a-fib with RVR ... : • All AV nodal ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... (4) Vfib/flutter ... Irregular (1) A fib ... rhythms (5) AV ... #EKG #diagnosis
Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)
- Orthodromic AVRT: Narrow complex, most common 
- Antidromic AVRT: wide complex because goes through
- Orthodromic AVRT ... pathway first - A-fib ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• SA Block • AV ... WPW) - Narrow ... interval) • AFib ... with Variable AV ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... Acute myocardial ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #differential #cardiology
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... ., A-Fib also a ... Changes • STE in aVR ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
interval < 120 ms = AV ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
boxes) - HiPR: AV ... , ectopic atrial ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Ventricular Fibrillation on POCUS - Apical 4 Chamber View

A 50-year-old woman with a history of cardiac
transplantation had acute ... with preserved atrial ... #VFib #Ventricular ... #clinical #a4c ... #AV #Dissociation
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... : SVT-AVNRT or AVRT ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology