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The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #comparison
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Wandering Atrial Pacemaker ... several cycle the pacemaker ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #comparison
Wandering atrial pacemaker - ECG Diagnosis
 • The change in P wave contour is gradual
 •
shifts back to the sinus ... • Variant of ... sinus arrhythmia ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
: VARIANT OF SINUS ... focus from the sinus ... wap #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #comparison
Causes of Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Narrow Complex - Regular:
 • Sinus tachycardia
 • Atrial flutter
Causes of Tachycardia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Regular: • Sinus ... aberrancy • Pacemaker-facilitated ... #Causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
DANGER (2) Sinus ... 200ms from longer pause ... - ventricular pacemaker ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Sick Sinus ... Block • Pacemaker ... Syndrome #Syncope #Cardiology ... #causes
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
clinically concerning variant ... by a junctional pacemaker ... an infra-Hisian pacemaker ... blocks #AVBlock #cardiology ... ecg #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... bundle-branch block; and sinus ... Elevation of Normal Variant ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Susceptibility • Genetic variants ... Rule out other causes ... • Nonspecific: sinus ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology