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Comparison between Wandering atrial pacemaker (A) vs multifocal atrial arrhythmia (B)

#WAP #MAR #wandering #atrial #pacemaker #comparison
Comparison between ... multifocal #rhythm #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Flutter on EKG ... Flutter • Inferior ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical ... #diagnosis #comparison
Premature atrial complex (PAC) - ECG Recognition
 • Prematurity and altered P wave morphology.
 • P
look like the sinus ... #complexes #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #clinical
1. "Sinus Tach" at ~150 bpm is your cue to look for flutter waves
2. Don't trust
"Sinus Tach" at ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #ECG #Atrial #Flutter
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
It starts as sinus ... with probable inferior ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
Adrenergic Drive: • Sinus ... also a result of atrial ... Leads (VI-V3) +/- Inferior ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
The 4 Variants of Sinus Arrhythmia
Phasic Sinus Arrhythmia:
 • The rate increases with respiration and decreases
Wandering Atrial ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram ... #variants #clinical ... #comparison
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
Specific for critical ... becoming acute anterior ... Serial EKGS in pts ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
Isthmus Independent Atrial ... without typical inferior ... Flutter #aflutter #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Ectopic atrial rhythm
 • The atrial rate is less than 100 bpm.
 • PR interval within
P wave during sinus ... Inverted P waves in inferior ... #rhythm #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram