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Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... (AFL), Atrial Fibrillation ... ), Ventricular Fibrillation ... (V-Fib, VF) ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Narrow Complex Tachycardias ... Atrial fibrillation ... Sinus tachycardia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation - Management Algorithm

 • Rate Control
 • Rhythm Control
 • Anticoagulation

Matthew Ho,
Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation ... Rhythm Control • Anticoagulation ... MatthewHoMD #Atrial #Fibrillation ... Management #Algorithm #cardiology ... #AFib
Ventricular Fibrillation
• Completely disorganized 
• Immediate cessation of cardiac output, no associated pulse 
• No discernible
Ventricular Fibrillation ... #Ventricular #Fibrillation ... #VFib #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Tachycardia
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
(SVT) - Differential ... Irregular SVT: Atrial Fibrillation ... w/ PACs, AFIb w ... #SVT #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Tachycardia - Differential ... : • AFib > AFIutter ... WPW vs PMVT vs AFib ... #Differential # ... Irregular #causes #cardiology
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential Diagnosis
 • Narrow QRS - Regular Rhythm: Sinus tachycardia, AVNRT, Orthodromic AVRT,
Tachyarrhythmia Framework - Differential ... Rhythm: Atrial fibrillation ... , Atrial fibrillation ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #cardiology
Comparison of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial Rate >
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... , Atrial Fibrillation ... Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia ... AtrialTachycardia #AFib ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
- Differential ... Irregular: • Atrial fibrillation ... • Ventricular fibrillation ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #cardiology