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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
Causes of Palpitations ... FLUTTER • HEART BLOCK ... • PREMATURE VENTRICULAR ... • VENTRICULAR ... TACHYCARDIA NON-ARRHYTHMIC
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... rhythm) Tachy-arrhythmias ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... , VF) #Arrhythmias ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Classic Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias
 • Atrial fibrillation with an unusually slow ventricular response
 • Atrial Fibrillation with
Digoxin-Associated Arrhythmias ... unusually slow ventricular ... Bidirectional Ventricular ... Tachycardia - ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Premature ventricular ... interval) • AFib ... #causes
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... (1) Sinus tachycardia ... 200ms from longer pause ... - ventricular pacemaker ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
with variable block ... supraventricular or ventricular ... • Ventricular ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... Tachycardia Electrical ... not terminating arrhythmia ... of reversible causes ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Cardiomyopathy • Inherited arrhythmia ... heart disease Causes ... Bundle branch block ... tachycardia • ... • Sinus arrhythmia
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 ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... bundle branch block ... control with early Afib ... (< 5% pts with afibb
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... * (e.g., A-Fib also ... diagnosis #cardiology #electrocardiogram