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Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Discriminating Ventricular ... – Ventricular Tachycardia ... or Not Ventricular ... #Aberrancy #Distinguishing ... Cardiology #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
Arrhythmias - Differential ... Escape Rhythm • Ventricular ... • Premature ventricular ... interval) • AFib ... #Arrhythmias
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... rhythm) Tachy-arrhythmias ... (ventricular rate ... Fibrillation (V-Fib ... , VF) #Arrhythmias
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
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
WQRST Causes: • Ventricular ... ) - with aberrancy ... imbalance • Ventricular ... pacing • Electrocardiogram ... cardiology #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(3) SVT w/ abberancy ... - N B Afib + WPW ... (1) Sinus tachycardia ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
supraventricular or ventricular ... or arrhythmia ... • Ventricular ... brain flow (VT/Vfib ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
findings: Sinus tachycardia ... • Predictor of arrhythmia ... Differentiating ventricular ... tachycardia (VT ... #leadAVR #ecg #electrocardiogram
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 ... Irregularly irregular ventricular ... Irregular wide-complex tachycardia ... control with early Afib ... disease, left ventricular
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Drive: • Sinus Tachycardia ... finding) • Atrial Arrhythmia ... * (e.g., A-Fib also ... diagnosis #cardiology #electrocardiogram