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Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Arrhythmias • Atrial ... Escape Rhythm • Atrial ... Tachycardia with 2: ... 1 AV Block • Bidirectional ... Arrhythmias #diagnosis #cardiology
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... 2°) • His-purkinje ... °, and Type II 2° ... Arrhythmias #Anatomical #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
1. ... anterior descending (LAD ... failure, and death. 2. ... Subepicardial atrial ... #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Tachycardia: 1. ... correct answer 2. ... retrograde) - AVNRT, AVRT ... #Tachycardias #differential ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential ... Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT ... Valsalva Maneuver: 1) ... flush and empty 2) ... #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
(LV thrombus, LAA ... non-culprit vessels • Atrial ... prosthetic valve, PFO, ASD ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Block, Atrial Tachy ... : 1) PADS ON!! ... 2) Prepare for transcutaneous ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Atrial flutter ... (3) SVTs - atrial ... 1 , 3:2, 4:3, etc ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #differential
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
(3) components 1) ... Suprasternal Notch 2) ... Aortic valve (AV ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
x 10 Rhythm (1) ... boxes) - HiPR: AV ... : WPW, ectopic atrial ... pacer - QTc < 1/ ... electrocardiogram #cardiology