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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
: • ST vs SVT ... • Tx: Vagal maneuvers ... • HyperK vs VT ... > SVT+conduction ... whether AF is cause
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
and Causes • ... or WQRST Causes ... (VT) (~80%) • ... (SVT) - with ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is an abnormally fast heart rhythm arising from improper electrical activity in upper
(SVT) is an abnormally ... Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #SVT #SupraVentricularTachycardia
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
• Sick Sinus Syndrome ... Regular Rhythm SVT ... Irregular Rhythm SVT ... Irregular rhythm SVT ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Brugada syndrome with non-sustained VT; sodium channel blocking drugs (e.g. amio, procainamide) can be dangerous here!

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Brugada syndrome ... non-sustained VT ... amalmattu #Brugada #syndrome ... #EKG #Clinical ... #Cardiology #NSVT
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
Pediatric SVT - ... Algorithm Identify SVT ... • Vagal Maneuvers ... SarahFoohey #SVT ... supraventricular #tachycardia
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
or VT • Rapid ... Arrhythmias: • SVT ... & termination: SVT ... or other vagal maneuvers ... : SVT-AVNRT or AVRT
Supraventricular Tachycardia EKG

Here’s a great ECG case of a 50-year-old lady who presented with palpitations

Her heart
Supraventricular Tachycardia ... great ECG case of ... consistent with SVT ... EM_RESUS #AVRT #SVT ... #Clinical
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome ... (V-tach, VT), Monomorphic ... VT, Polymorphic ... VT (i.e. ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
100 Wide (1) VT ... w/ BBB (3) SVT ... (2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... 200ms from longer pause ... #EKG #diagnosis