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Comparison of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial Rate >
- Atrial Rate > ... Flutter - Atrial ... Regular PP intervals ... Regular or irregular ... AtrialTachycardia #AFib
Atrial Flutter on Jugular Neck Examination

What does the neck / JVP exam suggest about the patient’s
Atrial Flutter on ... Permission given.) - Atrial ... VivekKulkarniMD #Atrial ... #Flutter #Jugular ... #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Atrial fibrillation ... waves - Atrial ... stenosis, right atrial ... regurgitation, atrial ... #Waveforms #JVP
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... If can't see Afib ... If not Flutter P ... • AFib.
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
- due to atrial ... heart sound and carotid ... - due to right atrial ... to subsequent atrial ... #Waves #Jugular
Jugular Venous vs Carotid Arterial Pulsations on Physical Exam

Jugular Venous Pulsations
• Well appreciated by inspection than
Carotid Arterial ... Arterial Pulsations ... outward movement #JVP ... #Venous #Arterial ... Pulsations #Comparison #PhysicalExam
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... Hence 2:1 flutter ... JamesOngMD #Atrial ... #Flutter #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #JVP
Lancisi's Sign (Tricuspid Regurgitation) in a patient with Atrial Fibrillation

If you went to med school before
a patient with Atrial ... Regurgitation #Atrial ... Fibrillation #Neck #JVP ... Clinical #Video #AFib ... #PhysicalExam #
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... Narrow - Regular ... tachycardia (2) Atrial ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... (3) Multifocal atrial
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
(e.g. ectopic atrial ... Morphology = multifocal atrial ... /Fibrillary = afib ... • Saw-Tooth = Atrial ... Flutter PR Interval