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Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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Findings Causes ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential # ... Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Second Degree Heart Block, Mobitz Type II

• p waves are normal 
• QRS complexes are usually
to concomitant bundle ... There are dropped beats ... SecondDegree #HeartBlock #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... TWaveInversions #TWI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Ventricular pacing • Electrocardiogram ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #definition #differential
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... e.g. biopsy, car ... diseases #benign #differential ... #diagnosis #surgery ... #causes #table
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Regular, Wide-Complex Tachycardia
1. aVR: Is the initial deflection in aVR positive?
fusion or capture beats ... Bundle-branch morphology ... Interpretation #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
LV compliance), ECG ... : electrocardiogram ... PASP: pulmonary artery ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Grades #Criteria #Table
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Primary ... common: lung, breast ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
including: • Coronary artery ... heart disease Causes ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... #differential # ... cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
lead II - treat ... 200ms from longer pause ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential