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Early and Late Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction - Timeline of Complications
 - Ventricular Arrhythmias
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Early and Late Complications ... of Acute Myocardial ... Complications - Ventricular ... Arrhythmias - ... Bradyarrhythmias / Heart Block
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... (ventricular rate ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... , VF) #Arrhythmias ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Irregular: Sinus Arrhythmia ... Sinus Arrest, AFib ... w/ Slow Vent Rate ... , AFib w/ Variable ... SVT WI Wide QRS, Ventricular
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Escape Rhythm • Ventricular ... • Premature ventricular ... interval) • AFib ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... DANGER (4) Vfib ... 200ms from longer pause ... - ventricular pacemaker ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Acute and long-term complications of acute STEMI
Acute and long-term complications of acute myocardial infarction are summarized
and ventricular ... These arrhythmias ... They cause the vast ... remodeling can cause ... Infarction #Early #Late
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Common Sustained Arrhythmia ... bundle branch block ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... disease, left ventricular ... #Fibrillation #AFib
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Pressure = Heart Rate ... tachycardias • Ventricular ... arrhythmia Decreased ... muscle rupture • Acute ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
testing Heart Rate ... with variable block ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
EKG in Acute Pulmonary ... evaluating for other causes ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... * (e.g., A-Fib also ... diagnosis #cardiology #electrocardiogram