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Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Bradycardia - Differential ... , AFib w/ AV Block ... Sinus Arrest, AFib ... Slow Vent Rate, AFib ... SVT WI Wide QRS, Ventricular
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
abberancy - N B Afib ... 60 (1) Sinus bradycardia ... - ventricular pacemaker ... #Tachycardia #Bradycardia ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
bpm) • Sinus Bradycardia ... /2nd /3rd degree ... Escape Rhythm • Ventricular ... • Premature ventricular ... interval) • AFib
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
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
seen are sinus bradycardia ... , ventricular extra ... mul­tiform), and ventricular ... junctional rhythm, and ventricular ... Non-paroxysmal atrial
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
SA node: Sinus bradycardia ... • Ventricles: Ventricular ... Tachy-arrhythmias (ventricular ... Fibrillation (AF), Paroxysmal ... Fibrillation (V-Fib
Paroxysmal AV Block aka Ventricular Standstill
 • Abrupt and persistent AV block ( multiple P waves
Paroxysmal AV Block ... aka Ventricular ... #Paroxysmal #AVBlock ... #Ventricular #Standstill ... cardiology #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Treatment: Pacemaker 3rd ... Atrial rate > Ventricular ... Regular ventricular ... infranodal level: Ventricular ... Diagnosis #EKG #electrocardiogram
Paroxysmal AV Block on ECG
 - Characterized by an abrupt and persistent AV block in the
Paroxysmal AV Block ... escape, usually ventricular ... following P wave #Paroxysmal ... #AVBlock #diagnosis ... cardiology #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Irregularly irregular ventricular ... bundle branch block ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... disease, left ventricular ... Pill-in-the-pocket" for paroxysmal