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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
deflection not AVRT ... /AVNRT. ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P
ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... #Atrial #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
Flutter, AVRT ( ... WPW), AVnRT (ie ... Flutter (w/ variable ... Tachycardia, Antidromic AVRT ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
, Orthodromic AVRT ... , Atrial flutter ... flutter w/ variable ... block, Antidromic AVRT ... flutter with variable
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Tachycardia • Aflutter ... • AVNRT ... • AVRT (ie. ... interval) • AFib ... • AFIutter
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
/flutter - DANGER ... flutter (3) ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... • Classic EKG ... in aVR in narrow ... , AVRT, atrial tachycardia ... #AVR #leadAVR #ecg
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
Lead aVR on EKG
Lead aVR can provide some unique insight into 5 different conditions:

 - Acute
Lead aVR on EKG ... TCA-like overdose - AVRT ... in narrow complex ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #EKG #ECG #Lead
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
, AV Node, Bundle ... FlutterAtrial ... Pathophysiology #SVT ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... conduction #pathways #avnrt