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Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Atria: Premature ... Atrial Contractions ... (PACs), Atrial ... (PST), Focal Atrial ... #Causes #cardiology
Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Arrhythmias • Atrial ... ventricular response • Atrial ... Escape Rhythm • Atrial ... :1 AV Block • Bidirectional ... #Arrhythmias #diagnosis
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... FIBRILLATION • ATRIAL ... • ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA ... • CONGENITAL ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Paroxysmal AF, atrial ... flutter, or atrial ... Arrhythmias: • Atrial ... • Multifocal atrial ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
kidney disease Congenital ... papillary muscle), congenitally ... vegetations)/tumor (left atrial ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy on Echocardiogram - Apical 4 Chamber View

RCM is a disease of diastole —> severe
diastole —> severe atrial ... this degree of atrial ... mistake to avoid: atrial ... might look like asd ... An ASD with atria
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
WPW is caused by ... pathway between the atria ... reciprocating tachycardia ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #MedStudent
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 ... common finding) • Atrial ... also a result of atrial ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
capture of the atria ... Differential Diagnosis ... arrhythmia • Atrial ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
tachycardia. ... left atrium should ... In this case, the ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS