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Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Arrhythmias • Atrial ... ventricular response • Atrial ... Escape Rhythm • Atrial ... #Arrhythmias #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ecg
Cor triatriatum

Congenital anomaly: heart with three atria
Either LA or RA can be divided into 2 compartments
Congenital anomaly ... heart with three atria ... triatriatum dextrum) #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Diagram ... CorTriatriatum #Congenital
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

WPW is a congenital abnormality characterized by an abnormal accessory conduction pathway between the atria
Syndrome WPW is a congenital ... pathway between the atria ... WolffParkinsonWhite #WPW #Cardiology ... #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
LV compliance), ECG ... electrocardiogram, MI: mitral ... inflow, MA: mitral ... progression, LA: left atrium ... #Diagnosis #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 ... stenosis #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential #cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
origin within the atria ... (e.g. ectopic atrial ... Morphology = multifocal atrial ... • Saw-Tooth = Atrial ... #diagnosis #system
The location of the cardiac valves is best determined on the lateral radiograph.
A line is drawn
tricuspid and mitral ... enlargement of the left atrium ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #Localization #Mitral
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 ... heart failure • Mitral
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
plane into left atrium ... inferior wall - Congenital ... muscles apically and laterally ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
: WPW, ectopic atrial ... hypo K, hypo Mg, congenital ... #Approach #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology