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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 ... Arrhythmias - ... Bradyarrhythmias / Heart Block ... Dressler Syndrome) #Diagnosis
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... (ventricular rate ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
- Differential Diagnosis ... Irregular: Sinus Arrhythmia ... w/ Slow Vent Rate ... SVT WI Wide QRS, Ventricular ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

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

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... testing Heart Rate ... supraventricular or ventricular ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pressure = Heart Rate ... arrhythmia Decreased ... muscle rupture • Acute ... #causes #Hypotensive
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 ... control with early Afib ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... * (e.g., A-Fib also ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram