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Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
SA node: Sinus bradycardia ... • Ventricles: Ventricular ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... 200ms from longer pause ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
, AFib w/ AV Block ... , Atrial Tachy w ... SVT WI Wide QRS, Ventricular ... epinephrine 4) Page Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Management #cardiology
Hypothermia on EKG
 • J (Osborn) waves
 • PR, QRS, and QT prolongation
 • Various bradyarrythmias
bradyarrythmias (e.g. sinus bradycardia ... , a fib with slow ... ventricular response ... waves #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
bpm) • Sinus Bradycardia ... • Premature ventricular ... interval) • AFib ... tachyarrhythmias #Cardiology ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
chest pain, near-syncope ... , syncope. ... Irregularly irregular ventricular ... disease, left ventricular ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
The cardiac cycle describes each heart beat, incorporating relaxation and contraction. Phase one describes diastole and
see above that atrial ... blood when the atria ... the aortic valve closes ... #Pathophys #Cardiology ... Pressures #Phonogram #Electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation on Cardiac Catheterization

Elderly patient taken up for primary PCI. See the way the proximal
Atrial Fibrillation ... AF cause coarse ... shows movement of ventricular ... Fibrillation #CathLab #AFib ... #clinical #cardiology
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
Waves/Fibrillary = afib ... aVF) • Right ventricular ... hypokalaemia or bradycardia ... Interpretation #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis