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Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• SA Block • AV ... • AVNRT ... • AVRT (ie. ... interval) • AFib ... with Variable AV
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
, Orthodromic AVRT ... , Atrial flutter ... AV block, Multifocal ... block, Antidromic AVRT ... AV block & bundle
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
Flutter, AVRT ( ... WPW), AVnRT (ie ... Tachycardia, Antidromic AVRT ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology ... #wide #narrow #
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
deflection not AVRT ... /AVNRT. ... • SVT. 140-280 ... • Atrial Flutter ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... Flutter (AFL), ... node: AV re-entrant ... tachycardia (AVRT ... ), AV nodal re-entrant
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
SVTs - atrial/junctional ... rhythms (5) AV ... QRS - Proximal AV ... block (lower AV ... Wide QRS - Distal AV
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
, AV Node, Bundle ... FlutterAtrial ... Fibrillation • AV ... Tachycardia • AV ... Pathophysiology #SVT
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... • Predictor of arrhythmia ... in aVR in narrow ... , AVRT, atrial tachycardia ... #differential #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Atrial flutter ... "PSVT" (atrioventricular ... retrograde) - AVNRT ... , AVRT, Junctional ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
vs SVT (AVNRT, ... OAVRT, AFIutter) ... > AFIutter + variable ... abnormality • Beware AV ... Irregular #causes #cardiology