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66 yo with syncope - Ventricular Tachycardia

This ECG shows a wide-complex tachycardia in a right bundle
66 yo with syncope ... - Ventricular Tachycardia ... in a right bundle ... establish the diagnosis ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... • Ventricular tachycardia ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Classification
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... , or syncope: Hemodynamically ... Palpitations #Cardiology #Differential
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
, e.g., due to arrhythmias ... responses or carotid sinus ... (ruling out differential ... diagnoses), ruling ... cerebralhypoperfusion #arrhythmias
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
diagnosis includes ... findings: Sinus ... • Predictor of arrhythmia ... #electrocardiogram ... #diagnosis #ekg
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Adrenergic Drive: • Sinus ... Tachycardia (most ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... Embolism #AcutePE #diagnosis ... #cardiology #electrocardiogram
A Summary slide of Sinoatrial Rhythms 
 • Sinus Rhythm
 • Sinus Arrhythmia
Rhythm • Sinus ... Multifocal atrial tachycardia ... Sinoatrial #Rhythms #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
tachycardia ... Multifocal atrial tachycardia ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Causes of Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac - Arrhythmia:
 • Tachyarrhythmia
 • Bradyarrhythmia
 • Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac - Arrhythmia ... Supraventricular Tachycardia ... • Sick-Sinus
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Hypokalemia • Bundle ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... • Sinus arrhythmia ... #differential #