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De Winter T Wave ECG Pattern 
STEMI Equivalent - Left anterior descending (LAD) occlusion 

1) Upsloping
ECG Pattern STEMI ... descending (LAD ... #DeWinter #TWaves ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Hallmark ECG features of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT)
AV indicates atrioventricular; LAD, left axis deviation; LBBB, left bundle
Hallmark ECG features ... axis deviation; LBBB ... Tachycardia #VTach #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Ventricular Tachycardia in Wide Complex Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
 • Lead V1 - LBBB Criteria
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Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis ... • Lead V1 - LBBB ... • Lead II - R-Wave ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
De Winter T-Waves on EKG
 - Anterior OMI
 - 2% of left anterior descending occlusions
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on EKG - Anterior ... before or after STEMI ... FOAMfrat #DeWinter #TWaves ... #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis #cardiology
LBBB Ventricular Tachycardia Criteria - Lead V1 - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial r
LBBB Ventricular ... Tachycardia Criteria - Lead ... • Initial r wave ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... - early inferior ... in V1, unless LBBB ... #Ischemia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Modified Sgarbossa Criteria - Diagnostic Checklist for diagnosing MI in LBBB or Pacemaker
1) Identify LBBB or
Checklist for diagnosing ... Criteria - Suspect STEMI ... #Checklist #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg ... #cardiology #lbbb
Left Anterior Fascicular Block on EKG
 • Left axis deviation (LAD) (-45 degrees to -90 degrees)
Block on EKG ... axis deviation (LAD ... Fascicular #Block #diagnosis ... #cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
De Winter's T Waves

Concerning for proximal LAD occlusion (Present in 2% of patients)
 • Upsloping ST-Depression
Concerning for proximal LAD ... -V4 • STE in lead ... aVR ± aVL #DeWinters ... #TWaves #EKG #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
Approach to ECGs ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology