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ECG Basics - Atrial Rhythms #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Atrial #SVT #Comparison #Table #AFib #AFlutter #MAT #WAP
Rhythms #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... #Atrial #SVT #Comparison ... #Table #AFib #AFlutter ... #SVT #ECGEducator
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
(PSVT), atrial ... flutter, and Wolff-Parkinson-White ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECGEducator
Supraventricular Tachycardias - Pathophysiology
Conduction pathways through SA Node, Atrium, AV Node, Bundle of His, and Ventricle
- Pathophysiology ... • Atrial Tachycardia ... • Atrial Flutter ... #SVT #diagnosis ... #cardiology #conduction
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
Atrial Flutter on ... depolarizations (i.e. flutter ... #Flutter #aflutter ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Narrow-Complex:
 • Regular: Sinus Tachycardia, Junctional Tachycardia, Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Flutter, AVRT
, Atrial Tachycardia ... , Atrial Flutter ... Tachycardia (MAT ... ), Atrial Flutter ... #cardiology #wide
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
If see flutter p ... • Atrial Flutter ... see P, either Flutter ... If not Flutter P ... #Management #cardiology
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
(EKG) Digoxin ... flutter (rate control ... at therapeutic level ... : - Scooping ST ... #EKG #Cardiology
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
Flutter, Ectopic ... Atrial Tachycardia ... , MAT, Sinus Tachycardia ... BP: Amiodarone, Digoxin ... #cardiology
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
Tachycardia (MAT ... Atrial flutter ... "PSVT" (atrioventricular ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
flutter (3) ... SVTs - atrial/junctional ... tachycardia (MAT ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #cardiology #differential