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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
ECG Basics - Atrial ... Rhythms #Cardiology ... #Atrial #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... MAT #WAP #WPW #SVT
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Tachycardia • Aflutter ... interval) • AFib ... • AFIutter ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
flutter • AV ... flutter with variable ... • Regular SVT ... • Irregular SVT ... #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
OAVRT, AFIutter) ... > AFIutter + variable ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... #causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... /flutter - DANGER ... flutter (3) ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... absent P (2) A flutter
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
Flutter, Ectopic ... Ectopic Junctional Irregular ... SVT: Atrial Fibrillation ... Tachycardia w/ PACs, AFIb ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Simplified) Irregular ... Atrial flutter ... "PSVT" (atrioventricular ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
flutter, ectopic ... Treat underlying cause ... Irregular Rhythm ... flutter or MAT ... Treatment #management #cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
irregular rhythms ... flutter, or atrial ... fibrillation/flutter ... /Vfib/Afib/WPW) ... #Palpitations #Cardiology