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Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Accelerated Escape Rhythm ... • Atrial Tachycardia ... #Arrhythmias #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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Multifocal Atrial ... Irregularly irregular rhythm ... #Tachycardia #diagnosis ... #cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... Junctional escape rhythm ... blocks (1°, 3° and ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
and Causes • ... ) is a cardiac rhythm ... #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Regular Rhythm: ... - Observe and ... Treat underlying cause ... Irregular Rhythm ... #management #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Diagnosis Table ... Bedside eval of rate and ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Wide #Narrow ... #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
arrest - escape rhythms ... 200ms from longer pause ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... in relation to ECG ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Arrhythmias on ECG
Multifocal atrial rhythm & Multifocal atrial tachycardia
ECG Recognition:
 • Variable P wave
atrial tachycardia ... Irregular P P, RR and ... #rhythm #tachycardia ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
Ectopic atrial rhythm ... and maybe mistaken ... #rhythm #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram